The factors associated with preferences for napping and drinking coffee as countermeasures for sleepiness at the wheel among Japanese drivers

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-361

  Asaoka, Shoichi ^a,b   Abe, Takashi ^a,b   Komada, Yoko ^a,b   Inoue, Yuichi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coffee; Countermeasure for sleepiness; Drowsy driving; Nap; Professional drivers; Sleep related accidents; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANNUAL DRIVING DISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVING; CHEWING GUM; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; JAPANESE; LISTENING TO RADIO; MALE; NAPPING; NON PROFESSIONAL DRIVER; OPENING WINDOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DRIVER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DURATION; SMOKING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; TALKING WITH A PASSENGER;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COFFEE; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84863402732     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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