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Driving simulator performance in patients with sleep apnea.

L J Findley1, M J Fabrizio, H Knight

  • 1Department Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.

The American Review of Respiratory Disease
|August 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

Patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) exhibit impaired driving performance on simulators. Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) significantly improves driving ability in these individuals.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Transportation Safety

Background:

  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is linked to increased automobile crash rates.
  • Objective data on driving performance in OSA patients are lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To objectively assess driving performance in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
  • To evaluate the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on driving ability.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of driving simulator performance between untreated severe OSA patients and healthy controls.
  • Utilized two distinct driving simulator platforms: one with road films and a PC-based monotonous highway simulation.
  • Assessed performance metrics including road obstacle collisions.

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Main Results:

  • Untreated severe OSA patients demonstrated significantly worse driving performance than controls on both highway and city/rural simulations.
  • OSA patients hit substantially more road obstacles (44 +/- 52) compared to controls (9 +/- 7) during a 30-minute simulated drive.
  • Following CPAP treatment, the number of road obstacles hit by OSA patients decreased significantly (29 +/- 19 before CPAP vs. 13 +/- 8 after CPAP).

Conclusions:

  • Severe obstructive sleep apnea significantly impairs driving simulator performance.
  • Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment leads to a measurable improvement in driving simulator performance for OSA patients.