Factors associated with the fatigue of drivers of a district office in Bangkok

Abstract

This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Objective was to study the prevalence of driver fatigue. And to study the factors associated with the occurrence of fatigue among drivers of a district office in Bangkok. The sample consisted of 87 drivers. The research instruments were: 1) questionnaires 2) Fatigue Meter. Critical flicker frequency (CFF) meter. Statistics used are number, percentage, mean, standard deviation. Correlation was analyzed by Chi-square and binary logistic regression.

The results showed that 1) The sample group was all male with an average age of 46.63 years, 37.9% of drug use regularly, most of them drove 56.3% of solid waste collection and drove 6.04% of working hours per day. 2) From the study, it was found that the prevalence of fatigue from the visual flicker frequency meter test was 11.5%, with 70% of the employees having fatigue under the Department of Cleanliness and Parks and 3 ) From the study of factors related to driver fatigue, it was found that Regular drug intake was significantly associated with driver fatigue (p < 0.05). The agency should provide guidelines to prevent driver fatigue in order to prevent accidents.