TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Excessive sleepiness prevalence in public transportation drivers of a developing country
JO  - Traffic injury prevention
A1  - Risco, Jorge
A1  - Ruiz, Paulo
A1  - Mariños, Alejandro
A1  - Juarez, Alan
A1  - Ramos, Mariana
A1  - Salmavides, Frine
A1  - Vega, Johann
A1  - Kruger, Hever
A1  - Vizcarra, Darwin
SP  - 145
EP  - 149
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-9588
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2012.692493
ID  - ref1
ER  -