An Educational Intervention to Promote Safe Driving
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Collaborators:
University of Jyväskylä
Tampere University of Technology
Taipale Telematics Ltd
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01697189
First received: November 5, 2010
Last updated: September 28, 2012
Last verified: September 2012
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Purpose
The general aim of the study is to promote safe, economic, and environmental-friendly driving among long-haul truck drivers. To do this, the investigators will conduct an on-road study on i) the relationship of driver sleepiness and stress with driving behaviour and fuel consumption and ii) effectiveness of an educational intervention in mitigating sleepiness at the wheel. The educational intervention is designed to be employed by occupational health care professionals in the future. This solution clearly facilitates the implementation of the intervention into practice if it turns out to be effective.
The investigators specified research questions are the following:
- Do truck driver sleepiness and stress at the wheel reach levels that affect driving behaviour, fuel consumption and carbon emissions?
- What are the sources of sub-optimal arousal at the wheel in truck drivers?
- Can truck driver sleepiness be mitigated by an educational intervention, and if yes, does it improve driving behaviour and decrease fuel consumption and carbon emissions as well?
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Driver Sleepiness |
Behavioral: Fatigue management training |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | An Educational Intervention to Promote Safe and Economic Truck Driving |
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Further study details as provided by Finnish Institute of Occupational Health:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- driver sleepiness [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Self-reported sleepiness measured by the the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale Questionnaire and behavioral sleepiness measured by the Observer Rating of Drowsiness (based on video materia).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- driver stress [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Self-rating scale of stress and heart rate measures of stress (heart rate variability)
- sleep [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]wrist-worn actigraphy and sleep diary based measures of sleep quantity, timing and quality
- driving behaviour [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]vehicle movement-based measures of driving behaviour (speed, accelerations, deceleration)
| Enrollment: | 54 |
| Study Start Date: | August 2010 |
| Study Completion Date: | May 2012 |
| Primary Completion Date: | May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Experimental: Fatigue management training
Experimental group subjects participated in a single half-day fatigue management training session.
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Behavioral: Fatigue management training
Experimental group took part in a single half-day (4 hours) fatigue management training grounded on Problem Based Learning (PBL).
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No Intervention: No fatigue management training
The control group subjects did not participate in the fatigue management training.
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 65 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- working as a truck driver at the moment of the study
- having both day and night trips
- having at least 2 years of experience in truck driving
Exclusion Criteria:
- not fluent in Finnish (the intervention is in Finnish)
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01697189
Locations
| Finland | |
| Finnish Institute of Occupational Health | |
| Helsinki, Finland, 00250 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
University of Jyväskylä
Tampere University of Technology
Taipale Telematics Ltd
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Mikael Sallinen, PhD | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01697189 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | EISD-109378-FWF, EISD-109378-FWEF |
| Study First Received: | November 5, 2010 |
| Last Updated: | September 28, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | Finland: The ethics committee of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa |
Keywords provided by Finnish Institute of Occupational Health:
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professional drivers sleepiness stress safe driving training |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013