Does Eco-driving Assistance (EDA) Have an Impact on Bus Driver's Health and Well-being?

ConditionHealthy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorCenter for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland

About this trial

The goal of this pragamatic trial is to assess the impact of eco-driving assistance (EDA) system on professional bus drivers' health and well-being.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the eco-driving assistance (EDA) act as a stressor for bus drivers ? * Does the physiological and psychological perceived stress increase when bus drivers are driving bus equipped with eco-driving assistance (EDA) ?

An additional question consists in assessing the association between stress measurements and biomarkers in biological samples.

Researchers will compare the heart rate variability (HRV) and perceived stress level when participant are allocated to EDA-equipped buses and non-EDA-equipped buses

Participants will:

* Drive buses equipped with eco-driving assistance (EDA) * Drive buses without eco-driving assistance (EDA) * Wear a wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) device (Bittium Faros) to record the heart rate variability (HRV) * Answer a questionnaire at the end of each working day (end-of-service questionnaire) * When allocated to bus with eco-driving assistance (EDA), read the EDA-generated report and answer some related questions in the end-of-service questionnaire * Upon acceptance only, a collection of biological samples and physiological measurement will be performed

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

adult active bus driver

having signed the informed consent

having worked for at least one year as TPF bus driver

working at least 30 hours a week

Disqualifiers

wearing a medical active implant (pacemaker, cardiac defibrillator, neurostimulator, other electronic implant)

known allergy or skin sensitivity to plasters

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Driving a bus equipped with EDA

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups