A study to assess sleep quality among long-haul truck drivers passing through nh-8 of Udaipur city, Rajasthan

Abstract

Background: Long-haul truck drivers play a pivotal role in the transportation industry, ensuring the efficient movement of goods across vast distances. Long-haul truck drivers face a myriad of challenges that can disrupt their sleep patterns. The irregular work schedules, extended hours of driving, and the need to meet demanding delivery deadlines often lead to sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality. This research seeks to delve into the sleep quality of long-haul truck drivers, exploring the various factors that contribute to their sleep disturbances and examine the potential consequences for their health and road safety.Method: The method adopted for the present study was quantitative survey approach as the study aims to assess sleep quality of 384 long-haul truck drivers passing through NH-8 of Udaipur city, Rajasthan. This approach would help the investigator to evaluate the effect of sleep quality in long-haul truck drivers. Samples were drawn by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by using PSQI score.Result: Findings shows that majority 53.9% shows that they had poor sleep quality so we can recommend in future more study should be done in various aspect of geographical areas also there should be an intervention to make so that they can improve sleep quality. Interpretation and Conclusion: Based on the present study finding that the good sleep quality is very important and vital key component specifically to the long-haul truck drivers. A better sleep quality provides several impacts on their mental stress, level of consciousness, physical health as well as work productivity and effectiveness. A poor sleep quality can lead to several disadvantages in which the major one is road traffic accidents while driving, so a good sleep quality is important to avoid these consequences. Long haul truck driver uses to stay away from their home and they kept on driving to several places regardless their health status, inadequate sleep, mental status, geographical diversity. So we can conclude that a better sleep quality should be very beneficial not just for long haul truck drivers as well as every working person. Present study was to assess the sleep quality of long-haul truck drivers on N.H. 8 Udaipur.