Daytime sleepiness and sleep habits as risk factors of traffic accidents in a group of Turkish public transport drivers

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dc.contributor.authorOzer, Cahit
dc.contributor.authorEtcibasi, Seref
dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Levent
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:19:48Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:19:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: To explore the association of daytime sleepiness, sleep complaints and sleep habits with self-reported car crashes among public transport drivers. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on male professional public drivers in two different cities using a validated, self-administered sleep questionnaire which comprised of symptoms suggesting sleep disorders, a subjective report of daytime sleepiness and driving characteristics. The subjects (mean age +/- SD, 40 +/- 11 years) were divided into two groups: (1) accident group and (2) no accident group. Results: Forty nine (15.3%) of the 320 public drivers reported that they had at least one sleepiness related motor vehicle accident and/or near-missed accident (Group 1). The mean age, body mass index and annual distance driven were similar in both groups. Although Group 1 reported less sleep time per night, more witnessed apneas, abnormal sleep, alcohol use and had higher mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores than Group 2, multivariate analysis of risk factors revealed that only daytime sleepiness increase the risk of traffic accidents [OR: 1.32 (1.19-1.47)]. Conclusion: These results suggest that self-reported sleepiness is a predictive sign of traffic accidents due to driver sleepiness.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage273en_US
dc.identifier.issn1940-5901
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid24482715en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84892588201en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage268en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9866
dc.identifier.volume7en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000333151200032en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherE-Century Publishing Corpen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectEpworth Sleepiness Scaleen_US
dc.subjectmotor vehicle accidenten_US
dc.subjectdaytime sleepinessen_US
dc.subjectobesityen_US
dc.subjectobstructive sleep apneaen_US
dc.titleDaytime sleepiness and sleep habits as risk factors of traffic accidents in a group of Turkish public transport driversen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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