Tech4Rest Trial With Team Truck Drivers

Summary

The current project is a safety and health intervention focused on sleep and fatigue among truck driver teams (pairs), where one driver sleeps in a moving vehicle while the other partner drives. This study is conducted within the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), a NIOSH Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health. We will evaluate engineering and behavioral interventions to improve sleep, reduce fatigue, and impact Total Worker Health. An enhanced cab intervention will alter whole body vibrations during driving and sleep periods, and includes a therapeutic mattress system and an active suspension seat. The enhanced cab will be evaluated alone and in combination with a behavioral sleep intervention adapted from our effective SHIFT (Safety \&Health Involvement For Truckers) program. The interventions prioritize hazard reduction according to the hierarchy of controls, and will be evaluated with a randomized controlled design.

Conditions

• Sleep
• Sleep Disturbance
• Sleep Disorder, Shift Work
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Health Behavior
• Fatigue
• Vibration; Exposure

Interventions

OTHER

Enhanced Cab

The enhanced cab intervention includes the introduction of an active suspension seat and a therapeutic mattress system. After a baseline phase, the intervention arm will receive the enhanced cab intervention alone, and then the enhanced cab plus a behavioral sleep program.

BEHAVIORAL

Fit4Sleep

The behavioral sleep program includes a friendly dyad-based physical activity competition; self-monitoring and logging of physical activity, sleep hygiene behaviors, and sleep; and individual coaching. The behavioral sleep program includes an optional body weight management component. The intervention arm will receive the behavioral sleep program in combination with the enhanced cab intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC)

  collaborator FED

• Washington State, Department of Labor and Industries

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Washington

  collaborator OTHER

• Oregon Health and Science University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-05-01

Primary Completion

2021-08-31

Completion

2021-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations