Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Commercial Drivers

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• Personal Author:
  Gurubhagavatula I ; Gurubhagavatula I
• Description:
  Our preliminary analysis indicates that sleep apnea is extremely common in this group of community-based commercial drivers' license holders in the Philadelphia area. The group was largely male and self-referred, and had extremely high rates of obesity/overweight (90%) and very high rates of sleep apnea (91%). Comparative data using a prior study we completed in commercial drivers' license holders showed that this group had a higher prevalence of obesity than the prior cohort, which was also self-referred. Additionally, we found that assuring confidentiality improved the utility of screening measures based on subjectively-reported criteria, whereas prior reports have indicated that self-reported data relating to sleep apnea symptom experience were unreliable in this group. We also found that unattended Type 2 sleep studies identified cases of obstructive sleep apnea with reasonable accuracy in this cohort; the Type 2 monitors we used included the recording of brain wave signals to ascertain sleep and its architecture. Additional analyses will include the value of using combinations of these tests, as compared with the use of screening criteria singly, to determine an optimal screening strategy for obstructive sleep apnea. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Cohort Studies Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Brain Function Cohort Studies Drivers Medical Screening Obesity Respiratory Function Sleep Apnea Transportation Workers
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports   ; Grant Final Reports  
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report ; Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs ; OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054073
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100548
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-009149, 2013 Dec; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20070801
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20130701
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd59ff01bcb3455a415c0b7016fc49e2824181bd081b055b3618374dc39f7abecda05f809f9bada712f6f42caa5be70e2e98d4611ab814a37a4528409e2d8a38
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218795/cdc_218795_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 47.80 KB ]