PREVALENCE OF EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS (EDS) AMONG NIGHT SHIFT BUS CONDUCTORS

Excessive daytime sleepiness is a common symptom occurring due to night shift work. Literature shows an increase in Excessive daytime sleepiness among shift workers worldwide. Participants were 80 healthy male volunteers of the age group 20-58 years. Excessive daytime Sleepiness was assessed using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. The results indicated that 34 bus conductors i.e. 42.5% were reported to have Excessive daytime Sleepiness as their total score was more than 10 and 46 bus conductors i.e. 57.5% were not found to have Excessive daytime sleepiness as their total score was less than 10. The study concludes that there is an increased prevalence of Excessive daytime sleepiness among night shift bus conductors. The present study suggests a need for the implementation of sleeping and fatigue management programs for bus conductors in order to improve working efficiency and prevent accidents during work.