TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing the Safety, Health, and Well-Being of Commercial Driving Teams Who Sleep in Moving Semi-Trucks
T2 - The Tech4Rest Pilot Study
AU - Olson, Ryan
AU - Johnson, Peter
AU - Shea, Steven A.
AU - Marino, Miguel
AU - Rimby, Jarred
AU - Womak, Kelsey
AU - Wang, Fangfang
AU - Springer, Rachel
AU - Donovan, Courtney
AU - Rice, Sean P.M.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of engineering and behavioral interventions to improve the sleep, health, and well-being of team truck drivers (dyads) who sleep in moving semi-trucks. METHODS: Drivers (n = 16) were exposed to Condition A: a new innerspring mattress, and Condition B: a novel therapeutic mattress. A subsample of drivers (n = 8) were also exposed to Condition C: use of their preferred mattress (all chose to keep B), switching to an active suspension driver's seat, and completing a behavioral sleep-health program. Primary outcomes were sleep duration, sleep quality, and fatigue. Behavioral program targets included physical activity and sleep hygiene. RESULTS: Self-reported sleep and fatigue improved with mattress A, and improved further with mattress B which altered vibration exposures and was universally preferred and kept by all drivers. Condition C improved additional targets and produced larger effect sizes for most outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Results support these interventions as promising for advancing team truck drivers' sleep, health, and well-being.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To test the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of engineering and behavioral interventions to improve the sleep, health, and well-being of team truck drivers (dyads) who sleep in moving semi-trucks. METHODS: Drivers (n = 16) were exposed to Condition A: a new innerspring mattress, and Condition B: a novel therapeutic mattress. A subsample of drivers (n = 8) were also exposed to Condition C: use of their preferred mattress (all chose to keep B), switching to an active suspension driver's seat, and completing a behavioral sleep-health program. Primary outcomes were sleep duration, sleep quality, and fatigue. Behavioral program targets included physical activity and sleep hygiene. RESULTS: Self-reported sleep and fatigue improved with mattress A, and improved further with mattress B which altered vibration exposures and was universally preferred and kept by all drivers. Condition C improved additional targets and produced larger effect sizes for most outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Results support these interventions as promising for advancing team truck drivers' sleep, health, and well-being.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002063
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002063
M3 - Article
C2 - 33105402
AN - SCOPUS:85097211130
VL - 62
SP - 1082
EP - 1096
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1076-2752
IS - 12
ER -