TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Commutes, Work Schedules, and Sleep on Near-Crashes during Nurses’ Post Shift-Work Commutes
T2 - A Naturalistic Driving Study
AU - Smith, Alec
AU - McDonald, Anthony D.
AU - Sasangohar, Farzan
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this research was provided in part by a Road to Zero Safe Systems Innovation grant from the National Safety Council. The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Shannan Hamlin, Lenis Sosa, Christine Ouko, and Lorelie Lazaro for their assistance with this project.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS: Driving and survey data were collected from nurses following the night-shift and analyzed with logistic regression and frequency analysis. The analyses showed that prior near-crashes and drive length contributed significantly to near-crashes. The frequency analysis showed that most near-crashes occurred on major roadways, including principal arterials, major collectors, and interstates, within the first 15 minutes of the drive. These results highlight the urgent need for countermeasures to prevent drowsy driving incidents among night-shift nurses. Specifically, nurses and hospital systems should focus on countermeasures that encourage taking a break on the post work commute and those that can intervene during the drive. This may include the use of educational programs to teach nurses the importance of adequate rest or taking a break to sleep during their drive home, or technology that can recognize drowsiness and alert nurses of their drowsiness levels, prompting them to take a break.
AB - OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS: Driving and survey data were collected from nurses following the night-shift and analyzed with logistic regression and frequency analysis. The analyses showed that prior near-crashes and drive length contributed significantly to near-crashes. The frequency analysis showed that most near-crashes occurred on major roadways, including principal arterials, major collectors, and interstates, within the first 15 minutes of the drive. These results highlight the urgent need for countermeasures to prevent drowsy driving incidents among night-shift nurses. Specifically, nurses and hospital systems should focus on countermeasures that encourage taking a break on the post work commute and those that can intervene during the drive. This may include the use of educational programs to teach nurses the importance of adequate rest or taking a break to sleep during their drive home, or technology that can recognize drowsiness and alert nurses of their drowsiness levels, prompting them to take a break.
KW - Naturalistic driving study
KW - drowsy driving
KW - near-crash
KW - nurse
KW - shift-work
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U2 - 10.1080/24725838.2021.1945708
DO - 10.1080/24725838.2021.1945708
M3 - Article
C2 - 34157964
AN - SCOPUS:85109813901
SN - 2472-5838
VL - 9
SP - 13
EP - 22
JO - IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
JF - IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
IS - 1
ER -