Health, safety and bus drivers

A literature review shows that work-related health problems are prevalent in bus drivers. To structure investigations into whether this could be problematic for safety behaviour, a model is developed in which work stressors are linked to safety behaviour via a triad of “duty fitness” factors: psychophysiological stress response, sleep quantity/quality and health status. Analysis of survey responses in a sample of bus drivers in Norway with typical health outcomes, gives some support to this so-called Duty Fitness Model. Future research is recommended to perform a more robust test of the model, and act as a basis for longitudinal studies.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 Ross Owen Phillips and Torkel Bjørnskau, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
• Authors:
  • Phillips, Ross Owen
  • Bjornskau, Torkel
• Publication Date: 2013-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 68p
• Serial:
  • TØI Report
  • Issue Number: 1279/2013
  • Publisher: Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
  • ISSN: 0808-1190
  • EISSN: 2535-5104
  • Serial URL: https://www.toi.no/publications/category29.html
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bus drivers; Health; Literature reviews; Safety; Sleep; Stress (Psychology); Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502062
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248014621
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 2013 10:03AM