Self-reported sleepiness in the context of fitness-to-drive
| العنوان: | Self-reported sleepiness in the context of fitness-to-drive |
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| المؤلفون: | Joerg Steier, Aanuolupo Ayeni, Nimish Shah, Gurpreet S Beghal, Martino F. Pengo |
| المساهمون: | Ayeni, A, Beghal, G, Pengo, M, Shah, N, Steier, J |
| المصدر: | Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Automobile Driving, medicine.medical_specialty, Excessive daytime sleepiness, Context (language use), Disorders of Excessive Somnolence, Sleep Apnoea, 03 medical and health sciences, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, 0302 clinical medicine, Patient Education as Topic, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Aged, business.industry, Sleep Breathing Physiology and Disorders • Original Article, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Stanford Sleepiness Scale, Middle Aged, Fitness to drive, SSS, Epworth scale, 030228 respiratory system, Otorhinolaryngology, Physical therapy, Excessive daytime sleepine, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, Body mass index, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Driving |
| الوصف: | Background: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a contributing factor to road traffic accidents. It is commonly assessed using self-administered questionnaires. These assessments are important information when discussing with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) about fitness-to-drive. We hypothesised that patients may be confounded in their assessments after being informed about these potential implications. Patients and methods: This was a prospective single-centre study. Patients attending clinics for sleep-disordered breathing were asked to fill in the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and the Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS). Following their consultation, patients were informed about EDS in the context of driving and that the DVLA might request information based on their self-assessed sleepiness. They were then asked to complete the same questionnaires again. Parameters recorded included age, gender, body mass index (BMI), driving licence holder, and collar size. An ESS score above 10 points was defined as EDS. Results: One hundred twenty-two subjects were studied (age 59.4 years (15.2); 72 males; BMI 32.1 kg/m2 (8.3), driving licence held for 25.2 years (20.6) (n = 94); collar size 42.7 cm (5.0)). There was no difference in the ESS [8 (8) vs 8 (8) points; p = 0.289] or the SSS [2 (2) vs 2 (2) points; p = 0.320] between the two occasions, although seven patients (5.7%) changed their scores from “sleepy” to “non-sleepy” and four patients (3.3%) from “non-sleepy” to “sleepy”. Conclusion: Providing patients with information about the risk of driving in the context of sleepiness does not significantly change how they score their symptoms using self-administered questionnaires; only about 9.0% of the patients had inconsistent results. |
| وصف الملف: | STAMPA |
| تدمد: | 1522-1709 1520-9512 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5e8c540dbacb27aca294c82cda480824 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-019-01810-w |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5e8c540dbacb27aca294c82cda480824 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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