Clinical trial NCT06394141: MILESTONE - MobILe and tEchnological SoluTions for OccupatioNal drivErs
Official title: MILESTONE: MobILe and tEchnological SoluTions for OccupatioNal drivErs
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Occupational freight drivers
Stress reduction
Technological interventions
Lead sponsor: Hasselt University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University Hospital, Antwerp
First posted: 2024-05-01
Enrollment: 160
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Professional drivers in freight transport often experience difficult, exhausting and stressful working conditions due to various reasons: irregular sleep patterns, uncertainty in traffic, frequently changing schedules, busy schedules, a lot of time away from home, etc. These working conditions can lead to significant health problems with a significant impact on road safety. According to the International Road Transport Union, Europe is currently facing the most acute driver shortage in decades; which threatens the continued growth of the road transport sector, and its ability to provide solutions to expected volume growth. Technology will play an important role in making road transport safer and more efficient. MILESTONE\&#39;s overall objective is to develop and test technological interventions which are expected to reduce the difficult working conditions, stress, negative health effects of professional drivers.

Detailed description: The overall objective of MILESTONE is to develop and test technological interventions to reduce the difficult working conditions, stress, negative health effects of professional drivers.

1. Understanding the impact of personal state and contextual stress on driving behavior and road safety, and aims to analyze the relationship between physiological and mental state (e.g., sleep quality, fatigue, sleepiness, stress, thermal comfort), general health status, work-related factors, external stressors, and driving parameters linked to road safety.
2. Developing an intervention to keep drivers within their \&#34;stress tolerance zone\&#34; (STZ) (personal zone within which stress is acceptable)
3. Analyzing the impact of the MILESTONE interventions for different categories of drivers (long-haul, short-haul and local delivery), compared to an active and passive control group

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Working as long-haul, short-haul, or local delivery driver (in a transport company or self-employed)
* Having a smartphone
* Dutch-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

* No excessive alcohol use
* No drugs use
* Not having an infectious disease
* Not being pregnant

Primary outcomes:
measure: Accumulated heart rate-based load measure (average of all trips during past 2 weeks)
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Work Ability Index
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: 36-item Short Form Healthy Survey
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: Perceived Stress Scale 10
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: Driving Behaviour Inventory - General Driver Stress
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: Fatigue Assessment Scale
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
measure: Epworth Sleepiness Scale
timeFrame: At the beginning of the intervention, intermediate after 2 months (mid of intervention), at the end of the intervention after 4,5 months, and 3 months after the intervention (to measure the impact on a longer-term).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hasselt
country: Belgium
facility: Hasselt University
state: Limburg
Study officials:
affiliation: Hasselt University - Transportation Research Institute (IMOB)
name: An Neven, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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