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Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers

Fatigue is an inevitable problem in the workplace due to many factors. Transportation workers are susceptible to falling asleep at the wheel, feeling tired and drowsiness, prolonged mental and physical exertion, sleep deprivation, which will later result in fatigue. The objective of this paper is to...

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Main Authors: Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah, Karuppiah, Karmegam, Hamzah, Nurul Ainun, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94980/1/2021112319113323%29_2021_0239.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.949802023-02-22T09:09:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94980/ Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah Karuppiah, Karmegam Hamzah, Nurul Ainun Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Fatigue is an inevitable problem in the workplace due to many factors. Transportation workers are susceptible to falling asleep at the wheel, feeling tired and drowsiness, prolonged mental and physical exertion, sleep deprivation, which will later result in fatigue. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of driver fatigue, documenting potential relationships between demographics and work factors with prevalence of risk factors among transportation drivers. Related literature search was done using PubMed, SCOPUS, and ScienceDirect to review some articles related to factors influencing fatigue among transportation workers which was published between years 2000 to 2021. The most significant risk factors were poor quality and quantity of sleep, prolonged driving in a day and work-related factors. Therefore, further research should be directed towards assessing and implementing a standardized measurement of work fatigue. This could help the industry in precisely managing and measuring fatigue and sleepiness. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94980/1/2021112319113323%29_2021_0239.pdf Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah and Karuppiah, Karmegam and Hamzah, Nurul Ainun and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri (2021) Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17 (suppl.8). 184 - 192. ISSN 1675-8544 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_17_2021/mjmhs_vol17_supp_8_october_2021-64205
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description Fatigue is an inevitable problem in the workplace due to many factors. Transportation workers are susceptible to falling asleep at the wheel, feeling tired and drowsiness, prolonged mental and physical exertion, sleep deprivation, which will later result in fatigue. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of driver fatigue, documenting potential relationships between demographics and work factors with prevalence of risk factors among transportation drivers. Related literature search was done using PubMed, SCOPUS, and ScienceDirect to review some articles related to factors influencing fatigue among transportation workers which was published between years 2000 to 2021. The most significant risk factors were poor quality and quantity of sleep, prolonged driving in a day and work-related factors. Therefore, further research should be directed towards assessing and implementing a standardized measurement of work fatigue. This could help the industry in precisely managing and measuring fatigue and sleepiness.
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author Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
Karuppiah, Karmegam
Hamzah, Nurul Ainun
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
spellingShingle Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
Karuppiah, Karmegam
Hamzah, Nurul Ainun
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
author_facet Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
Karuppiah, Karmegam
Hamzah, Nurul Ainun
Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
author_sort Che Hasan, Nurul Atikah
title Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
title_short Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
title_full Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
title_fullStr Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
title_full_unstemmed Risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
title_sort risk factors of fatigue: a systematic review among transportation drivers
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94980/1/2021112319113323%29_2021_0239.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94980/
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