ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2013
Sleep disorders as a cause of motor vehicle collisions.
Article in International journal of preventive medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in São Paulo: Findings From the 4th Edition of the EPISONO Study.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Influence of Seasonal and Chronobiological Factors on Driver Behavior and Traffic Accident Risk: A Scoping Review.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Review
- Time of day is associated with federal highway accidents in Brazil.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026Article
- Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics.Nature neuroscience · 2025Article
- Older injured adults reported sleep disturbances: a cross-sectional study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2025Article
- Validating the CogSleep Screener in older adults at a memory and cognition clinic.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- The effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on early atherosclerosis in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Attentional failures after sleep deprivation represent moments of cerebrospinal fluid flow.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Sleep: From Ancient Rituals to Modern Challenges.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Waking Up the Sleep Field: An Overview on the Implications of Genetics and Bioinformatics of Sleep.Molecular biotechnology · 2024Review
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- Sleep disorders among patients suffering from road traffic injuries in an urban setting of Vietnam: an exploratory study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- How Tired is Too Tired to Drive? A Systematic Review Assessing the Use of Prior Sleep Duration to Detect Driving Impairment.Nature and science of sleep · 2023Review
- Secondhand smoke is associated with poor sleep quality in self-reported never-smokers of Northwest China: a cross-sectional study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
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- Behavioral and exercise interventions for sleep dysfunction in the elderly: a brief review and future directions.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Review
- Excessive daytime sleepiness and associations with sleep-related motor vehicle accidents: results from a nationwide survey.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Studies have shown that a large proportion of traffic accidents around the world are related to inadequate or disordered sleep. Recent surveys have linked driver fatigue to 16% to 20% of serious highway accidents in the UK, Australia, and Brazil. Fatigue as a result of sleep disorders (especially obstructive sleep apnea), excessive workload and lack of physical and mental rest, have been shown to be major contributing factors in motor vehicle accidents. A number of behavioral, physiological, and psychometric tests are being used increasingly to evaluate the impact of fatigue on driver performance. These include the oculography, polysomnography, actigraphy, the maintenance of wakefulness test, and others. Various strategies have been proposed for preventing or reducing the impact of fatigue on motor vehicle accidents. These have included: Educational programs emphasizing the importance of restorative sleep and the need for drivers to recognize the presence of fatigue symptoms, and to determine when to stop to sleep; The use of exercise to increase alertness and to promote restorative sleep; The use of substances or drugs to promote sleep or alertness (i.e. caffeine, modafinil, melatonin and others), as well as specific sleep disorders treatment; The use of CPAP therapy for reducing excessive sleepiness among drivers who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. The evidence cited in this review justifies the call for all efforts to be undertaken that may increase awareness of inadequate sleep as a cause of traffic accidents. It is strongly recommended that, for the purpose of promoting highway safety and saving lives, all disorders that cause excessive sleepiness should be investigated and monitored.
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