Sleep-disordered breathing and continuous positive airway pressure compliance in a group of commercial bus drivers in Hong Kong

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 723-730

  Hui, David S C ^a   Ko, Fanny W S ^a   Chan, Joseph K W ^a   To, Kin W ^a   Fok, Joan P C ^a   Ngai, Jenny C ^a   Chan, Michael C H ^a   Tung, Alvin ^a   Chan, Doris P ^a   Ho, Catherine W ^a   Lai, Christopher K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bus driver; Continuous positive airway pressure; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCORE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750044562     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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