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Performance Actigraphy and Sleep in Long-Haul
Truckers
Karen Heaton, Principal
Investigator
Funded by a National Research
Service Award,
National Institute of Nursing
Research,
National Institutes of Health
Grant #F31 NR008970-01
(2004 -2007)
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Karen Heaton
(Ph.D. 2007)
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The purpose of this study is to determine the
effect of performance actigraphy on attitude
toward and perceived control of sleep and on
quality and quantity of sleep in long-haul truck
drivers. Truckers will be randomly assigned to a
control group and two intervention groups.
Measures of attitude toward sleep and perceived
control of sleep will be obtained on day one from
all participants. From days 1–20, the two
intervention groups will be given sleep logs and
non-performance actigraphs. On day 21,
intervention group 2 will be switched to
performance actigraphy; group 1 will continue with
non-performance actigraphy. At day 40, measures of
attitude and perceived control of sleep will be
repeated for all three groups.
Performance actigraphy may cue long-haul truckers
to proactively engage in healthy sleep practices
by planning and coordinating sleep behaviors and
on-off duty activities. The aims of this study are
in keeping with the research and health promotion
initiatives of the National Institutes of Health
(National Sleep Research Agenda); Healthy People
2010 (Injury Prevention); and the National
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
(Traumatic Injury). Because the proposed study
investigates a specific intervention that promotes
self-management and decision making, it also
reflects the theme, “Changing lifestyle behaviors
for better health” outlined in the National
Institute of Nursing Research’s Research Themes
for the Future (2003).
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National
Research Service Award
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