Sleepy Driving

Powell, Nelson B.; Chau, Jason

doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.12.006

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“…Thus the relationship between sleepy driving and crash risk is not confined to those with sleep disorders, but may result from volitional sleep restriction. 38 It is not yet clear why there is a substantial variation in the degree of sleepiness observed among individuals with equivalent severities of OSA as measured by AHI. Intuitively a patient with severely disordered breathing during sleep with consequent frequent arousals might be expected to be more disabled by sleepiness than one with less sleep disruption.…”

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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Increases the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Ward

Hillman

Bremner

et al. 2013

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

116

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BRIEF SUMMARYCurrent knowledge/Study Rationale: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the risk of MVCs was higher in patients with OSA than in the general community and, if so, the nature of the risk. To do so, we examined the relationships of near-misses and MVCs with OSA severity, degree of daytime sleepiness, and other potential risk factors with a study design powered to address these associations using standardized measurement technologies for OSA. Study Impact: Our study confi rms that sleep clinic patients with untreated OSA have signifi cantly more crashes than the general population. There is a strong association between excessive daytime sleepiness and increased report of near-misses supporting the observation that it is those patients with increased sleepiness regardless of OSA severity that are most at risk.

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confidence: 99%

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Increases the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Ward

Hillman

Bremner

et al. 2013

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

116

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“…While estimating the number of accidents due to drowsy driving is methodologically difficult, federal data suggest that approximately 15–33% of fatal crashes may be due to drowsy driving. Results from the National Sleep Foundation's “Sleep in America” poll estimated that more than half of drivers admitted to drowsy driving and 17% reported falling asleep at the wheel within the past year(Drobnich 2005, Powell and Chau 2011), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that >4% of drivers reported driving while drowsy in the previous month(McKnight-Eily et al 2011). …”

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Short and long sleep duration and risk of drowsy driving and the role of subjective sleep insufficiency

Maia

Grandner

Findley

et al. 2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Experimental sleep restriction increases sleepiness and impairs driving performance. However, it is unclear whether short sleep duration in the general population is associated with drowsy driving. The goal of the present study was to evaluate whether individuals in the general population who obtained sleep of 6 hours or less are more likely to report drowsy driving, and evaluate the role of perceived sleep sufficiency. Data exploring whether subgroups of short sleepers (those who report the most or least unmet sleep need) show different risk profiles for drowsy driving are limited. From the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N=31,522), we obtained the following self-reported data: 1) sleep duration (≤5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or ≥10h/night); 2) number of days/week of perceived insufficient sleep; 3) among drivers, yes/no response to: “During the past 30 days, have you ever nodded off or fallen asleep, even just for a brief moment, while driving?” 4) demographics, physical/mental health. Using 7h/night as reference, logistic regression analyses evaluated whether self-reported sleep duration was associated with drowsy driving. Overall, 3.6% reported drowsy driving. Self-identified short-sleepers reported drowsy driving more often, and long sleepers, less often. Among those who perceived sleep as always insufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often when sleep duration was ≤5h, 6h, or ≥10h. Among those who perceived sleep as always sufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often among ≤5h and 6h sleepers. Overall, drowsy driving was common, particularly in self-identified short-sleepers as a whole, as well as subgroups based on sleep insufficiency.

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“…MetS is characterized by abdominal obesity, hypertension and metabolic blood alterations, in particular increased blood glucose levels and worsening lipid profiles 12 . Obesity and MetS are strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) 13 , which is an important cause of excessive daytime sleepiness in truck drivers and an important factor associated with accidents 14,15 .…”

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Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and sleepiness in truck drivers

Mansur

Takada

Avakian

et al. 2013

European Heart Journal

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Sleepy Driving

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Increases the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Increases the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Short and long sleep duration and risk of drowsy driving and the role of subjective sleep insufficiency

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and sleepiness in truck drivers

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