Sleepy driving and risk of obstructive sleep apnea among truck drivers in Saudi Arabia.

Conclusions: Sleepy driving and a high risk of OSA was prevalent among the study population of male truck drivers in Saudi Arabia. Not getting good-quality sleep and driving experience from 6 to 10 years contributes to the accident risk among these truck drivers.
PMID: 31120335 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - May 22, 2019 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Alahmari MD, Alanazi TM, Batawi AA, Al-Osaimi EA, Alrabeeah S, Jebakumar Z, Olaish AH, Almeneessier AS, BaHammam AS Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research