@article{ref1,
title="Excessive sleepiness prevalence in public transportation drivers of a developing country",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2013",
author="Risco, Jorge and Ruiz, Paulo and Mariños, Alejandro and Juarez, Alan and Ramos, Mariana and Salmavides, Frine and Vega, Johann and Kruger, Hever and Vizcarra, Darwin",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="145-149",
abstract="Objective: To determine the prevalence of excessive sleepiness (ES) in bus and auto-rickshaw drivers from Lima, Peru. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of Lima's bus and auto-rickshaw drivers to estimate ES prevalence in this population. Survey sites were private transportation companies, systematically selected with a snowball approach. ES was assessed with the Spanish-validated version of the Epworth sleep questionnaire (ESQ) with a cutoff score >10. We obtained relevant demographic information. Results: Four hundred and thirty-four bus and auto-rickshaw drivers were eligible for analysis. The overall ES prevalence was 32.7 percent (95% confidence interval [CI]: 28-37.2). ES prevalence was higher in bus drivers than in auto-rickshaw drivers, 38 percent (95% CI: 31.7-44.2) and 26.9 percent (95% CI: 20.6-33.1), respectively (P = .01). We used data from all subjects to obtain regression equations for ESQ score with several predictors. Being a bus driver, working additional nighttime hours per week, having depression or anxiety, and alcohol abuse had small but significant associations with ESQ scores. Conclusion: ES prevalence in Lima's public transportation drivers is in a medium range as suggested by previous regional studies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389588.2012.692493",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2012.692493"
}