Effect of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Drowsy Driving in a Large Clinic-Based Obstructive Sleep Apnea Cohort | Zendy

Harneet K. Walia | Zendy; Nicolas R. Thompson | Zendy; Maeve Pascoe | Zendy; Maleeha Faisal | Zendy; Douglas E. Moul | Zendy; Irene Katzan | Zendy; Reena Mehra | Zendy; Nancy FoldvarySchaefer | Zendy

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Effect of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Drowsy Driving in a Large Clinic-Based Obstructive Sleep Apnea Cohort

Author(s) -

Harneet K. Walia,

Nicolas R. Thompson,

Maeve Pascoe,

Maleeha Faisal,

Douglas E. Moul,

Irene Katzan,

Reena Mehra,

Nancy FoldvarySchaefer

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.8024

Subject(s) - medicine , epworth sleepiness scale , obstructive sleep apnea , cohort , odds ratio , positive airway pressure , logistic regression , continuous positive airway pressure , confidence interval , cohort study , physical therapy , sleep apnea , apnea , polysomnography

Drowsy driving related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) represents an important public health problem with limited data on the effect of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. We hypothesize that PAP therapy will reduce self-reported drowsy driving in a large clinic-based OSA cohort.

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