SLEEP PROFILES AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SHIFT WORKERS TAKING PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS

A review of the literature shows that shift work, in particular night shifts, have an adverse effect on road safety. This paper investigates further the rate of road accidents related to sleep duration and intake of anxiolytic drugs in shift nurses working medium and heavy workloads in the wards of a university hospital. The results of a survey carried out among 448 nursed are discussed. Road accidents were found to occur more frequently on the way home from morning and night shifts. The use of drugs by those who reported accidents was higher than for those who did not and was strongly correlated with accidents after morning shift. Those nurses who reported accidents generally slept less than their colleagues. For the covering abstract see IRRD 893732.

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  CENTRE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES EN MEDECINE DU TRAFIC (CERMT)

  BP 132
  ANNECY CEDEX,   France  74004
• Authors:
  • DAL POZZO, C
  • Giorgetti, R
  • ROSSI, A
  • ZANCANER, S
  • DONADELLO, D
  • MONTISCI, M
  • FERRARA, S D
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC - T'97, HELD ANNECY, FRANCE, 21-26 SEPTEMBER 1997, VOL 2
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 723-32

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash rates; Drivers; Drugs; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Interviewing; Occupations
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2242: Drugs; 2222: Fatigue (human); 9147: Interview; 2271: Occupation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747288
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 2-9511746-0-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 28 1998 12:00AM