Short and Long Sleep Duration and Risk of Drowsy Driving and the Role of Subjective Sleep Insufficiency

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• Alternative Title:
  Accid Anal Prev
• Personal Author:
  Maia, Querino ; Grandner, Michael A. ; Findley, James ; Gurubhagavatula, Indira
• Description:
  Experimental sleep restriction increases sleepiness and impairs driving performance. However, it is unclear whether short sleep duration in the general population is associated with drowsy driving. The goal of the present study was to evaluate whether individuals in the general population who obtained sleep of 6h or less are more likely to report drowsy driving, and evaluate the role of perceived sleep sufficiency. Data exploring whether subgroups of short sleepers (those who report the most or least unmet sleep need) show different risk profiles for drowsy driving are limited. From the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N=31,522), we obtained the following self-reported data: (1) sleep duration (≤5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or ≥10 h/night); (2) number of days/week of perceived insufficient sleep; (3) among drivers, yes/no response to: "During the past 30 days, have you ever nodded off or fallen asleep, even just for a brief moment, while driving?" (4) demographics, physical/mental health. Using 7 h/night as reference, logistic regression analyses evaluated whether self-reported sleep duration was associated with drowsy driving. Overall, 3.6% reported drowsy driving. Self-identified short-sleepers reported drowsy driving more often, and long sleepers, less often. Among those who perceived sleep as always insufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often when sleep duration was ≤5 h, 6 h, or ≥10 h. Among those who perceived sleep as always sufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often among ≤5 h and 6h sleepers. Overall, drowsy driving was common, particularly in self-identified short-sleepers as a whole, as well as subgroups based on sleep insufficiency.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic Adult Aged Article Automobile Driving Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Female Humans Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Risk Factors Self Report Sleep Deprivation Sleep Stages Time Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  Accid Anal Prev. 2013; 59:618-622.
• Pubmed ID:
  23973762
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3771664
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23 HL110216/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; K23HL110216/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; R01OH009149/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R21 ES022931/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; R21ES022931/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 RR024134/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; UL1RR024134/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  59
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b9fbbb8f5f71d4dabb327022ecaf0b4f61784fed518e8a3d62707d5b35f2d254
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29735/cdc_29735_DS1.pdf
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