Excessive sleepiness prevalence in public transportation drivers of a developing country.
Traffic Inj Prev
; 14(2): 145-9, 2013.
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| ID: mdl-23343023
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of excessive sleepiness (ES) in bus and auto-rickshaw drivers from Lima, Peru.METHODS:
We conducted a cross-sectional study of Lima's bus and auto-rickshaw drivers to estimate ES prevalence in this population. Survey sites were private transportation companies, systematically selected with a snowball approach. ES was assessed with the Spanish-validated version of the Epworth sleep questionnaire (ESQ) with a cutoff score >10. We obtained relevant demographic information.RESULTS:
Four hundred and thirty-four bus and auto-rickshaw drivers were eligible for analysis. The overall ES prevalence was 32.7 percent (95% confidence interval [CI] 28-37.2). ES prevalence was higher in bus drivers than in auto-rickshaw drivers, 38 percent (95% CI 31.7-44.2) and 26.9 percent (95% CI 20.6-33.1), respectively (P = .01). We used data from all subjects to obtain regression equations for ESQ score with several predictors. Being a bus driver, working additional nighttime hours per week, having depression or anxiety, and alcohol abuse had small but significant associations with ESQ scores.CONCLUSION:
ES prevalence in Lima's public transportation drivers is in a medium range as suggested by previous regional studies.
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Assunto principal:
Condução de Veículo
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Veículos Automotores
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Distúrbios do Sono por Sonolência Excessiva
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Ocupações
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article