PMID- 23355403
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130805
LR  - 20130920
IS  - 1479-9731 (Electronic)
IS  - 1479-9723 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013 Feb
TI  - Obstructive sleep apnoea, motor vehicle accidents, and work performance.
PG  - 29-33
LID - 10.1177/1479972312473134 [doi]
AB  - The obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) shows a very high prevalence in the middle-age 
      work force population and, between all diseases and medical conditions, is the 
      major risk factor for motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). OSA can be diagnosed and 
      treated, with resultant reduction in MVAs to those seen in the healthy 
      population. It is increasing evidence that it is a major risk factor for 
      occupational accidents also in fields different from the professional transport 
      and for work disability. It is likely that the treatment of OSA results in the 
      reduction of occupational accidents and work performance improvement with 
      expected benefits in work processes and business in general. It is therefore 
      advisable to develop strategies for screening and treatment of OSA in workers. 
      The risk assessment of OSA in workers may also help to reduce the burden on 
      national health care systems.
FAU - Sanna, Antonio
AU  - Sanna A
AD  - Pneumology Unit, Del Ceppo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy. antonio.cagliari@live.it
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Chron Respir Dis
JT  - Chronic respiratory disease
JID - 101197408
SB  - IM
CIN - Chron Respir Dis. 2013 Aug;10(3):183. PMID: 23897934
MH  - Accidents, Occupational/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adult
MH  - European Union/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Motor Vehicles
MH  - Polysomnography/methods
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/complications/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Sleep Deprivation/diagnosis/etiology/prevention & control
MH  - *Task Performance and Analysis
EDAT- 2013/01/29 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/06 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10/1/29 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/1479972312473134 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chron Respir Dis. 2013 Feb;10(1):29-33. doi: 10.1177/1479972312473134.