TY - JOUR
T1 - Short and long sleep duration and risk of drowsy driving and the role of subjective sleep insufficiency
AU - Maia, Querino
AU - Grandner, Michael A.
AU - Findley, James
AU - Gurubhagavatula, Indira
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Association (K23HL110216), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R21ES022931), and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, via the Penn CTSA (UL1RR024134), and the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety/Centers for Disease Control (R01OH009149). We also wish to thank the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for collecting these data and making them available, and the BRFSS participants.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Experimental sleep restriction increases sleepiness and impairs driving performance. However, it is unclear whether short sleep duration in the general population is associated with drowsy driving. The goal of the present study was to evaluate whether individuals in the general population who obtained sleep of 6 h or less are more likely to report drowsy driving, and evaluate the role of perceived sleep sufficiency. Data exploring whether subgroups of short sleepers (those who report the most or least unmet sleep need) show different risk profiles for drowsy driving are limited. From the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N = 31,522), we obtained the following self-reported data: (1) sleep duration (≤5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or ≥10 h/night); (2) number of days/week of perceived insufficient sleep; (3) among drivers, yes/no response to: "During the past 30 days, have you ever nodded off or fallen asleep, even just for a brief moment, while driving?" (4) demographics, physical/mental health. Using 7 h/night as reference, logistic regression analyses evaluated whether self-reported sleep duration was associated with drowsy driving. Overall, 3.6% reported drowsy driving. Self-identified short-sleepers reported drowsy driving more often, and long sleepers, less often. Among those who perceived sleep as always insufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often when sleep duration was ≤5 h, 6 h, or ≥10 h. Among those who perceived sleep as always sufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often among ≤5 h and 6 h sleepers. Overall, drowsy driving was common, particularly in self-identified short-sleepers as a whole, as well as subgroups based on sleep insufficiency.
AB - Experimental sleep restriction increases sleepiness and impairs driving performance. However, it is unclear whether short sleep duration in the general population is associated with drowsy driving. The goal of the present study was to evaluate whether individuals in the general population who obtained sleep of 6 h or less are more likely to report drowsy driving, and evaluate the role of perceived sleep sufficiency. Data exploring whether subgroups of short sleepers (those who report the most or least unmet sleep need) show different risk profiles for drowsy driving are limited. From the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N = 31,522), we obtained the following self-reported data: (1) sleep duration (≤5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or ≥10 h/night); (2) number of days/week of perceived insufficient sleep; (3) among drivers, yes/no response to: "During the past 30 days, have you ever nodded off or fallen asleep, even just for a brief moment, while driving?" (4) demographics, physical/mental health. Using 7 h/night as reference, logistic regression analyses evaluated whether self-reported sleep duration was associated with drowsy driving. Overall, 3.6% reported drowsy driving. Self-identified short-sleepers reported drowsy driving more often, and long sleepers, less often. Among those who perceived sleep as always insufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often when sleep duration was ≤5 h, 6 h, or ≥10 h. Among those who perceived sleep as always sufficient, drowsy driving was reported more often among ≤5 h and 6 h sleepers. Overall, drowsy driving was common, particularly in self-identified short-sleepers as a whole, as well as subgroups based on sleep insufficiency.
KW - Accidents
KW - Driving
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Insufficient sleep
KW - Sleep
KW - Sleep duration
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aap.2013.07.028
DO - 10.1016/j.aap.2013.07.028
M3 - Article
C2 - 23973762
AN - SCOPUS:84883138036
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 59
SP - 618
EP - 622
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
ER -