ArticleERJ open research2026
Relationship between cognitive failures, sleepiness and road traffic incidents in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnoea and controls.
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- Perceived stress and risky driving among emergency medical services personnel: parallel mediation effects of cognitive failures and emotional exhaustion.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Current guidelines emphasise assessing "excessive sleepiness" and severity of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) when advising patients with obstructive sleep apnoea about driving. However, accidents can occur due to lack of concentration and poor reactions. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) measures self-reported cognitive deficits in the completion of simple everyday tasks. We investigated the relationship between drivers' cognitive capability and the severity of SDB, sleepiness and self-reported driving incidents. Methods: 348 patients (n=150, exploratory; n=198, validation) considered for a trial of continuous positive airway pressure and 173 controls (exploratory (n=105), validation (n=68)) matched for age and driving experience completed questionnaires that included the CFQ and a driving questionnaire. Results: Compared to controls, patients had a higher total mean±sd CFQ score (37±18 Conclusions: Sleepiness and cognitive dysfunction, rather than severity of SDB, predicts driving incident risk. The CFQ may identify a different aspect of accident risk and therefore may be useful in assessing fitness to drive in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
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