TY - JOUR
T1 - DF-8
T2 - a specific scale for assessing work fatigue in professional drivers
AU - Tàpia-Caballero, Patricia
AU - Serrano-Fernández, María José
AU - Boada-Grau, Joan
AU - Boada-Cuerva, Maria
AU - Araya-Castillo, Luis
AU - Vigil-Colet, Andreu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Central Institute for Labour Protection–National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The study objective is to create a scale specifically for measuring driver fatigue and to analyze the scale’s psychometric properties. The participants were 518 Spanish drivers. We carried out an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the first subsample obtained a single-item solution (eight items). We then performed a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a second subsample. The results were root mean square error of approximation (rmsea) = 0.05, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.94 and Tucker–Lewis index (TLI) = 0.92, which corroborates the previous results and maintains the same number of elements. The resulting dimension shows good reliability. The scale scores were then related to several external correlates and other scales, and showed good convergence and criteria validity. The results indicate that the scale for assessing work fatigue specifically in professional drivers–driver fatigue (DF-8)–is a reliable and valid instrument.
AB - The study objective is to create a scale specifically for measuring driver fatigue and to analyze the scale’s psychometric properties. The participants were 518 Spanish drivers. We carried out an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the first subsample obtained a single-item solution (eight items). We then performed a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a second subsample. The results were root mean square error of approximation (rmsea) = 0.05, comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.94 and Tucker–Lewis index (TLI) = 0.92, which corroborates the previous results and maintains the same number of elements. The resulting dimension shows good reliability. The scale scores were then related to several external correlates and other scales, and showed good convergence and criteria validity. The results indicate that the scale for assessing work fatigue specifically in professional drivers–driver fatigue (DF-8)–is a reliable and valid instrument.
KW - fatigue
KW - professional drivers
KW - scale
KW - traffic safety
KW - transportation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104561439&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10803548.2021.1906015
DO - 10.1080/10803548.2021.1906015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104561439
SN - 1080-3548
JO - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
JF - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
ER -
