PMID- 31120335
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200709
LR  - 20200709
IS  - 1538-957X (Electronic)
IS  - 1538-9588 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 5
DP  - 2019
TI  - Sleepy driving and risk of obstructive sleep apnea among truck drivers in Saudi 
      Arabia.
PG  - 498-503
LID - 10.1080/15389588.2019.1608975 [doi]
AB  - Objective: Truck drivers represent a group at a particularly higher risk of motor 
      vehicle accidents (MVAs). Sleepy driving and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among 
      truck drivers are major risk factors for MVAs. No study has assessed the 
      prevalence of sleepy driving and risk of OSA among truck drivers in Saudi Arabia. 
      Therefore, this study aimed to assess sleepy driving and risk of OSA among these 
      truck drivers. Methods: This study included 338 male truck drivers working in 
      Saudi Arabia. A validated questionnaire regarding sleepy driving and OSA was 
      used. The questionnaire included sociodemographic assessment, the Epworth 
      Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ), and driving-related items. 
      Results: The drivers had a mean age of 42.9 +/- 9.7 years. The majority (94.7%) 
      drove more than 5 h a day. A history of MVAs during the last 6 months was 
      reported by 6.5%. Approximately 95% of the participants reported that they had 
      accidentally fallen asleep at least once while driving over the past 6 months, 
      and 49.7% stated that this had happened more than 5 times during the last 6 
      months. Based on the BQ score, a high risk of OSA was detected in 29% of the 
      drivers. "Not getting good-quality sleep" (odds ratio [OR] = 2.89; 95% confidence 
      interval [CI], 1.08-7.75; P = .014) and driving experience from 6 to 10 years (OR 
      = 3.37; 95% CI, 1.28-8.91; P = .034) were the only independent predictors of MVAs 
      in the past 6 months. Conclusions: Sleepy driving and a high risk of OSA was 
      prevalent among the study population of male truck drivers in Saudi Arabia. Not 
      getting good-quality sleep and driving experience from 6 to 10 years contributes 
      to the accident risk among these truck drivers.
FAU - Alahmari, Mohammed D
AU  - Alahmari MD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6227-4491
AD  - a Respiratory Care Department , Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences 
      , Damman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alanazi, Talal M
AU  - Alanazi TM
AD  - b Respiratory Care Department , Prince Sultan Military Medical City , Riyadh , 
      Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Batawi, Ahil A
AU  - Batawi AA
AD  - b Respiratory Care Department , Prince Sultan Military Medical City , Riyadh , 
      Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al-Osaimi, Emad A
AU  - Al-Osaimi EA
AD  - b Respiratory Care Department , Prince Sultan Military Medical City , Riyadh , 
      Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alrabeeah, Saad
AU  - Alrabeeah S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8956-8644
AD  - a Respiratory Care Department , Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences 
      , Damman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Jebakumar, Zechariah
AU  - Jebakumar Z
AD  - a Respiratory Care Department , Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences 
      , Damman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Olaish, Awad H
AU  - Olaish AH
AD  - c The University Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, College of 
      Medicine , King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Almeneessier, Aljohara S
AU  - Almeneessier AS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6298-1751
AD  - c The University Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, College of 
      Medicine , King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
AD  - d Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine , King Saud 
      University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
FAU - BaHammam, Ahmed S
AU  - BaHammam AS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1706-6167
AD  - c The University Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, College of 
      Medicine , King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20190523
PL  - England
TA  - Traffic Inj Prev
JT  - Traffic injury prevention
JID - 101144385
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adult
MH  - Automobile Driving/*psychology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Motor Vehicles
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Saudi Arabia/epidemiology
MH  - Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/*epidemiology
MH  - *Sleepiness
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Saudi Arabia
OT  - Sleepy driving
OT  - commercial vehicle
OT  - motor vehicle accident
OT  - obstructive sleep apnea
OT  - sleep quality
EDAT- 2019/05/24 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/10 06:00
CRDT- 2019/05/24 06:00
PHST- 2019/05/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/24 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/15389588.2019.1608975 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Traffic Inj Prev. 2019;20(5):498-503. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2019.1608975. Epub 
      2019 May 23.