The role of microsleeps to estimate sleepiness at the wheel and near-miss accidents in obstructive sleep apnea.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Obstructive sleep apnea is considered a risk factor for sleepiness at the wheel and near-miss accidents (NMA). To date, there are subjective and objective methods such as the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) to investigate sleepiness. However, these methods have limitations. Therefore, a new analysis of the MWT was introduced based on the identification of microsleeps (MS). So, we tested MS analysis to improve the discriminative ability of MWT in recognizing individuals at risk for sleepiness at the wheel and NMA in a population with obstructive sleep apnea.

Methods

The study was conducted on 100 naïve patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea referred to our Sleep Medicine Unit. All patients performed a full standard polysomnography and MWT. The

SUBMITTER: Tondo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789247 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature