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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2022; 15(S 01): 143-148
DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20220013
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Factors associated with excessive daytime sleepiness in informal drivers of buses on a high-altitude road

Ramón Julio Huamán Olarte
1   Instituto de Biología Andina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
2   Departamento de Radiología, Clínica Internacional. Lima, Perú.
,
Willy Ramos
3   Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
4   Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas (INICIB), Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.
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Elydia Mujica-Albán
1   Instituto de Biología Andina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
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Jhony A. De La Cruz-Vargas
4   Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas (INICIB), Universidad Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.
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Objective To determine the factors associated with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in informal interprovincial transport drivers of the Lima-Huancayo central highway (Peru) from January to March 2018.

Methods Cross-sectional study. The drivers were weighed and measured, then individual, sociodemographic, and occupational data were obtained which were recorded in a data collection form, then the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) was applied to the drivers. The prevalence and EDS-associated factors in drivers were obtained from this data. The multivariate analysis of the possible associated factors for EDS was performed with binary logistic regression, obtaining the adjusted odds ratio (AOR).

Results 162 drivers participated in the study. The average age was 42.0 ± 10.2 years (Range of 21-62 years), all the participants were male. 55. 6% had a technical degree, 42.0% were married and 55.6% had two to three children. The mean time of experience as a driver was 17.0 ± 6.8 years, 54.9% were overweight, and 32.1% were obese. 27.8% of drivers had EDS, the multivariate analysis found that the EDS-associated factors of the drivers were obesity (AOR=3.8, 95% CI: 1.422- 10.233), having 10 or more years of experience as a driver (AOR=3.1, 95% CI: 1.342-7.189) and overweight (AOR=2.9 CI 95%: 1.216-7.096).

Conclusion There is a high prevalence of EDS in informal drivers of interprovincial transport of the central high-altitude highway studied. Obesity was the main factor associated with EDS, along with being overweight and having 10 or more years of experience as a driver.

Sleepiness - Accidents - Traffic - Obesity


Publication History

Received: 12 April 2021

Accepted: 25 August 2021

Article published online:
01 December 2023

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