MILESTONE: MobILe and tEchnological SoluTions for OccupatioNal drivErs
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 160
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Accumulated heart rate-based load measure (average of all trips during past 2 weeks)
研究概览
简要总结
Professional drivers in freight transport often experience difficult, exhausting and stressful working conditions due to various reasons: irregular sleep patterns, uncertainty in traffic, frequently changing schedules, busy schedules, a lot of time away from home, etc. These working conditions can lead to significant health problems with a significant impact on road safety. According to the International Road Transport Union, Europe is currently facing the most acute driver shortage in decades; which threatens the continued growth of the road transport sector, and its ability to provide solutions to expected volume growth. Technology will play an important role in making road transport safer and more efficient. MILESTONE's overall objective is to develop and test technological interventions which are expected to reduce the difficult working conditions, stress, negative health effects of professional drivers.
详细描述
The overall objective of MILESTONE is to develop and test technological interventions to reduce the difficult working conditions, stress, negative health effects of professional drivers.
- Understanding the impact of personal state and contextual stress on driving behavior and road safety, and aims to analyze the relationship between physiological and mental state (e.g., sleep quality, fatigue, sleepiness, stress, thermal comfort), general health status, work-related factors, external stressors, and driving parameters linked to road safety.
- Developing an intervention to keep drivers within their "stress tolerance zone" (STZ) (personal zone within which stress is acceptable)
- Analyzing the impact of the MILESTONE interventions for different categories of drivers (long-haul, short-haul and local delivery), compared to an active and passive control group
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Working as long-haul, short-haul, or local delivery driver (in a transport company or self-employed)
- •Having a smartphone
- •Dutch-speaking
排除标准
- •No excessive alcohol use
- •No drugs use
- •Not having an infectious disease
- •Not being pregnant
结局指标
主要结局
Accumulated heart rate-based load measure (average of all trips during past 2 weeks)
时间窗: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
Mental load (derived from the energy balance estimation, as an indication of stress), measured by accumulated heart rate-based load measure via wearable (average of all trips during past 2 weeks)
次要结局
- Work Ability Index(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- 36-item Short Form Healthy Survey(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- General Self-Efficacy Scale(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scales(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- Fatigue Assessment Scale(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- Perceived Stress Scale 10(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- Driving Behaviour Inventory - General Driver Stress(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
- Epworth Sleepiness Scale(At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).)
研究者
An Neven
Associate Professor
Hasselt University