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Payesh-Health Monitor. 2012; 11 (4): 485-490
in Persian
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-193990
ABSTRACT
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