The psychomotor vigilance test compared to a divided attention steering simulation in patients with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea - Huang Y, Hennig S, Fietze I, Penzel T, Veauthier C.

BACKGROUND: Sleepiness at the wheel affects 10% to 15% of drivers and is one major cause of death on highways with one-third of fatal accidents. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common sleep disorders leading to sleepiness at the wheel. The...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news