RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers
JF Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JO Occup Environ Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 109
OP 115
DO 10.1136/oemed-2021-107643
VO 79
IS 2
A1 Aron Peter Sherry
A1 Stacy A Clemes
A1 Yu-Ling Chen
A1 Charlotte Edwardson
A1 Laura J Gray
A1 Amber Guest
A1 James King
A1 Alex V Rowlands
A1 Katharina Ruettger
A1 Mohsen Sayyah
A1 Veronica Varela-Mato
A1 Iuliana Hartescu
YR 2022
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/79/2/109.abstract
AB Objectives To profile sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers and explore demographic, occupational and lifestyle predictors of sleep.Methods Cross-sectional analyses were carried out on 329 HGV drivers (98.5% men) recruited across an international logistics company within the midland’s region, UK. Sleep duration and efficiency were assessed via wrist-worn accelerometry (GENEActiv) over 8 days. Proportions of drivers with short sleep duration (<6 hour/24 hours and <7 hour/24 hours) and inadequate sleep efficiency (<85%) were calculated. Demographic, occupational and lifestyle data were collected via questionnaires and device-based measures. Logistic regression assessed predictors of short sleep duration and inadequate sleep efficiency.Results 58% of drivers had a mean sleep duration of <6 hour/24 hours, 91% demonstrated <7-hour sleep/24 hours and 72% achieved <85% sleep efficiency. Sleeping <6 hour/24 hours was less likely in morning (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.94) and afternoon (OR 0.24, CI 0.10 to 0.60) shift workers (vs night) and if never smoked (vs current smokers) (OR 0.45, CI –0.22 to 0.92). The likelihood of sleeping <7 hour/24 hours reduced with age (OR 0.92, CI 0.87 to 0.98). The likelihood of presenting inadequate sleep efficiency reduced with age (OR 0.96, CI 0.93 to 0.99) and overweight body mass index category (vs obese) (OR 0.47, CI 0.27 to 0.82).Conclusions The high prevalence of short sleep duration and insufficient sleep quality (efficiency) rate suggest that many HGV drivers have increased risk of excessive daytime sleepiness, road traffic accidents and chronic disease. Future sleep research in UK HGV cohorts is warranted given the road safety and public health implications.Data are available on reasonable request. Anonymised participants data were collected in a protected database and are available on reasonable request from AS (a.p.sherry@lboro.ac.uk).