فاطمه معروفي

The current study primarily aimed to examine the contribution of the drivers’, divided attention, cognitrone, vigilance and stress to the occurrence of metro accidents. Hence, the Cognitive Vienna Test System was used to eva‎luate the metro drivers’ attention and stress for 80 minutes. Drivers’ cognition test system, comprising WAFG (attention function) divided attention test, COG (cognitrone) test, VIGIL (vigilance) test, DSI (stress) computerized stress test, demographic questionnaire, and drivers’ safety history formed the research tools. The Ex-Post facto design was used to conduct the study on a sample of 82 metro drivers selected randomly. The sample was divided into shunter and train drivers. Drivers’ safety history showed that shunter drivers had accident record(s), while train drivers did not. Comparisons of the two driver groups in terms of their cognitive features showed that train drivers had more vigilance and divided attention than shunter ones, while no significant relationships were found between the concentration and stress of shunter and train drivers. The results demonstrate that the more stress the driver had, the less vigilance and divided attention but the higher concentration would be. Moreover, the work experience of most drivers increased their stress, while the drivers' vigilance and divided attention dropped by an increase in the work experience. The research findings practically imply that cognitive rehabilitation courses can be useful for train drivers to reduce rail accident risks. In fact, in this research, an attempt has been made to investigate the human factors affecting the occupational health of subway drivers

ويژگي هاي شناختي , راهبران مترو , خطاي انساني , راهبران مسافري , راهبران پايانه , سوانح مترو

cognitive characteristics , metro driver , human factor , train driver , shunter driver , metro accident

Fateme Maroofi

Dr. Morteza Bagheri - Vahid Sadeghi Firoozabadi