Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance

Introduction: Driving fatigue has been shown to increase the risk of accidents and potentially fatal crashes. Fatigue is a serious risk that some drivers do not take seriously. Previous studies investigated the effects of driving fatigue in the Malaysian oil and gas transportation industry by employ...

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Main Authors: Al-Mekhlafi, A.-B.A., Isha, A.S.N., Al-Quraishi, M.S., Kanwal, N.
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Published: 2023
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:380542023-12-11T03:03:26Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/38054/ Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance Al-Mekhlafi, A.-B.A. Isha, A.S.N. Al-Quraishi, M.S. Kanwal, N. Introduction: Driving fatigue has been shown to increase the risk of accidents and potentially fatal crashes. Fatigue is a serious risk that some drivers do not take seriously. Previous studies investigated the effects of driving fatigue in the Malaysian oil and gas transportation industry by employing survey questionnaires. However, they did not explain the behavior of fatigue. Besides, these results required validation by a more reliable method that can describe how fatigue occurs. Methods: Thus, in this study, we used the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT-192) and a short survey to address driving fatigue behavior and identify the influences of driving fatigue on driving performance in real life (on the road) with actual oil and gas tanker drivers. The total participants in the experimental study were 58 drivers. Results: For the analysis, a Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, Z value and Spearman�s rho were used to measure the significant difference between the pre and post-tests of PVT and the correlation between the fatigue variables and driving performance. Discussion: During the experiment�s first and second days, this study�s results indicated that driving fatigue gradually escalated. Likewise, there was a negative correlation based on the test of the relationship between the PVT data and the driving performance survey data. Additionally, the drivers suffer from accumulative fatigue, which requires more effort from the transportation company management to promote the drivers awareness of fatigue consequences. Copyright © 2023 Al-Mekhlafi, Isha, Al-Quraishi and Kanwal. 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed Al-Mekhlafi, A.-B.A. and Isha, A.S.N. and Al-Quraishi, M.S. and Kanwal, N. (2023) Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85174628043&doi=10.3389%2ffpubh.2023.1160317&partnerID=40&md5=41033fb512dbe1dbb7c53b7d847298ce 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1160317 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1160317 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1160317
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description Introduction: Driving fatigue has been shown to increase the risk of accidents and potentially fatal crashes. Fatigue is a serious risk that some drivers do not take seriously. Previous studies investigated the effects of driving fatigue in the Malaysian oil and gas transportation industry by employing survey questionnaires. However, they did not explain the behavior of fatigue. Besides, these results required validation by a more reliable method that can describe how fatigue occurs. Methods: Thus, in this study, we used the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT-192) and a short survey to address driving fatigue behavior and identify the influences of driving fatigue on driving performance in real life (on the road) with actual oil and gas tanker drivers. The total participants in the experimental study were 58 drivers. Results: For the analysis, a Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, Z value and Spearman�s rho were used to measure the significant difference between the pre and post-tests of PVT and the correlation between the fatigue variables and driving performance. Discussion: During the experiment�s first and second days, this study�s results indicated that driving fatigue gradually escalated. Likewise, there was a negative correlation based on the test of the relationship between the PVT data and the driving performance survey data. Additionally, the drivers suffer from accumulative fatigue, which requires more effort from the transportation company management to promote the drivers awareness of fatigue consequences. Copyright © 2023 Al-Mekhlafi, Isha, Al-Quraishi and Kanwal.
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author Al-Mekhlafi, A.-B.A.
Isha, A.S.N.
Al-Quraishi, M.S.
Kanwal, N.
spellingShingle Al-Mekhlafi, A.-B.A.
Isha, A.S.N.
Al-Quraishi, M.S.
Kanwal, N.
Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
author_facet Al-Mekhlafi, A.-B.A.
Isha, A.S.N.
Al-Quraishi, M.S.
Kanwal, N.
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title Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
title_short Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
title_full Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
title_fullStr Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
title_sort implementation of a psychomotor vigilance test to investigate the effects of driving fatigue on oil and gas truck drivers� performance
publishDate 2023
url http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/38054/
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