Attention deficits detected in cognitive tests differentiate between sleep apnea patients with or without a motor vehicle accident

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 528-533

  Karimi, M ^a   Hedner, J ^a   Zou, D ^a   Eskandari, D ^a   Lundquist, A C ^a   Grote, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident registry; Drowsy; Neurocognitive function; Reaction time; Sleepiness; Traffic risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST; BODY MASS; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GOTHENBURG SLEEP RESISTANCE TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXFORD SLEEP RESISTANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ATTENTION; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84926522636     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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