Prevalence of sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness in professional truck drivers.
Epidemiology
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Professional drivers
Sleep apnea
Sleep-disordered breathing
Sleepiness
Journal
Sleep medicine
ISSN: 1878-5506
Titre abrégé: Sleep Med
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 100898759
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2021
05 2021
Historique:
received:
02
12
2020
revised:
22
01
2021
accepted:
09
02
2021
pubmed:
7
3
2021
medline:
6
7
2021
entrez:
6
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among professional truck drivers has varied from 28 to 78% in previous studies. In this study we wanted to estimate the prevalence of OSA and OSA with both subjectively measured sleepiness and objectively measured ability to stay awake (ie obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, OSAS) among professional truck drivers in Finland. Altogether 2066 professional truck drivers received a structured questionnaire. 175 drivers had a clinical examination and sleep laboratory studies, which included respiratory polygraphy (RP) and maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT). Three groups were formed: 75 subjects with suspected sleep apnea, 75 healthy controls and a random sample of 25 subjects. 1095 drivers answered the questionnaire. RP was performed on 172 drivers and 167 drivers participated in MWT. The mean age was 40.7 years and the mean BMI was 27.7 kgm Moderate sleep apnea is common among professional truck drivers but significant inability to stay awake, defined as MWT <19.4 min, is found in about one of twenty professional drivers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33676284
pii: S1389-9457(21)00121-0
doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.023
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
136-143Informations de copyright
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