Assessing sleepiness and sleep disorders in Australian long-distance commercial vehicle drivers: Self-report versus an "at home" monitoring device

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-475

  Sharwood, Lisa N ^a,g   Elkington, Jane ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^b   Grunstein, Ronald R ^c,d   Meuleners, Lynn ^e   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Haworth, Narelle ^f   Norton, Robyn ^a   Wong, Keith K ^c,d  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Curtin Monash Accident Research Centre   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial vehicle drivers; Measurement; Obstructive sleep apnea; Policy; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT SLEEP; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP QUALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84859863039     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1726     Document Type: Article

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