Truckers Drive Their Own Assessment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Collaborative Approach to Online Self-Assessment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Difference between revisions
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As of this writing, these recommendations to the FMCSA have not yet been acted on by the FMCSA, but they are in the public domain on the DOT website, and have resulted in considerable discussion and anticipatory change. In particular, commercial drivers themselves are understandably concerned about the impact of these guidelines on their careers. As a service to its members, the Truckers for a Cause - Alert Well and Keeping Energetic (TFACAWAKE) organization of truck drivers sought to develop a truck driver sleep apnea selfevaluation web page to be hosted on the TFAC-AWAKE website, based on the proposed FMCSA guidelines for screening for OSA. Individuals from this organization approached us for assistance with screening tools and with website development to help drivers screen themselves for sleep apnea. | As of this writing, these recommendations to the FMCSA have not yet been acted on by the FMCSA, but they are in the public domain on the DOT website, and have resulted in considerable discussion and anticipatory change. In particular, commercial drivers themselves are understandably concerned about the impact of these guidelines on their careers. As a service to its members, the Truckers for a Cause - Alert Well and Keeping Energetic (TFACAWAKE) organization of truck drivers sought to develop a truck driver sleep apnea selfevaluation web page to be hosted on the TFAC-AWAKE website, based on the proposed FMCSA guidelines for screening for OSA. Individuals from this organization approached us for assistance with screening tools and with website development to help drivers screen themselves for sleep apnea. | ||
The aims of this study (in addition to establishing a tool that truck drivers could use to assess their risk for OSA) were to determine if commercial drivers would actually employ an online tool to assess risk, to collect demographic data from self-selected commercial drivers, and to make correlations between drowsy driving and risk factors for OSA. We hypothesized that some truckers would, indeed, use the online tool, and that a large proportion of those who chose to do so would have a high probability for OSA. We hypothesized that those who reported classic OSA symptoms (snoring, sleepiness) would be more likely to report drowsy driving, but that objective data (BMI, hypertension history) would predict sleepy driving better than would subjective data. | |||
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