Effect of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Drowsy Driving in a Large Clinic-Based Obstructive Sleep Apnea Cohort

Conclusions:In this clinic-based cohort, drowsy driving improved after adherent PAP usage, with greater drowsy driving risk for those with greater sleep propensity. This highlights the importance of and need for routine drowsy driving assessments and careful clinical attention to PAP adherence and sleep propensity in this population. Our findings should be confirmed and may be used to provide support for initiatives to address the public health issue of drowsy driving.Citation:Walia HK, Thompson NR, Pascoe M, Faisal M, Moul DE, Katzan I, Mehra R, Foldvary-Schaefer N. Effect of positive airway pressure therapy on drowsy driving in a large clinic-based obstructive sleep apnea cohort.J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(11):1613–1620.
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research