Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers Sherry, AP, Clemes, SA, Chen, YL, Edwardson, C, Gray, Laura, Guest, A, King, J, Rowlands, AV, Ruettger, K, Sayyah, M, Varela-Mato, V and Hartescu, I 2021, Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers, Occupational and environmental medicine, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 109-115, doi: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107643. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers Author(s) Sherry, AP Clemes, SA Chen, YL Edwardson, C Gray, Laura orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-5796 Guest, A King, J Rowlands, AV Ruettger, K Sayyah, M Varela-Mato, V Hartescu, I Journal name Occupational and environmental medicine Volume number 79 Issue number 2 Start page 109 End page 115 Total pages 7 Publisher BMJ Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2021-08-19 ISSN 1470-7926 Keyword(s) accidents occupational health preventive medicine public health sleep Summary 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. Language eng DOI 10.1136/oemed-2021-107643 Field of Research 1103 Clinical Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 1599 Other Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30168453 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 May 2022, 10:00:53 EST Wed, 18 May 2022, 16:30:18 EST Wed, 18 May 2022, 16:40:27 EST Tue, 05 Jul 2022, 16:08:24 EST Fri, 22 Jul 2022, 13:03:07 EST Fri, 22 Jul 2022, 13:38:26 EST Fri, 22 Jul 2022, 13:44:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 4 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 May 2022, 10:00:53 EST