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Mohammad Efatpanah, Mirfarhad Ghalebandi, Hossein efatpanah, Akram karimi, Gholamreza Esmaeili Javid. Evaluation of sleep quality among bus drivers. Payesh 2012; 11 (4) :485-490
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Mohammad Efatpanah 
, Mirfarhad Ghalebandi , Hossein efatpanah , Akram karimi , Gholamreza Esmaeili Javid
, Mirfarhad Ghalebandi , Hossein efatpanah , Akram karimi , Gholamreza Esmaeili Javid
Abstract: (5922 Views)
Objective(s): To evaluate the sleep quality of bus drivers and its relationship with several factors.
Methods: Participants included 238 bus drivers were selected using a non-probability convenience sampling. We measured the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a self-report measure of sleep quality, and age, duration of deriving and consumption of tea and smoking.
Results: The results showed that 85% of bus drivers have unfavorable sleep quality. Multiple regression analyses have shown that duration of deriving seemed to influence patients' sleep quality.
Conclusion: Health education regard the quality of sleep and legal supervision to prevent the overloading of shift work of bud drivers may be helpful in decrees the road crashes incidence.
type of study: Descriptive |
Accepted: 2010/09/5 | ePublished ahead of print: 2012/04/28 | Published: 2012/07/15
Accepted: 2010/09/5 | ePublished ahead of print: 2012/04/28 | Published: 2012/07/15
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