title: [Excessive daytime sleepiness and risk for obstructive sleep apnea in the public transport drivers].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a set of symptoms related to the increased upper airways resistance during sleep (due to pharyngeal walls collapse) leading to intermittent airflow obstruction in the lungs. One of the most severe OSA symptoms is excessive daytime sleepiness. Sustained daytime sleepiness may impair cognitive functions and thus influence the everyday functioning of affected person.
  
  
  METHODS
  The aim of the study was to prospectively assess excessive daytime sleepiness and the risk for OSA in municipal bus drivers. The study was performed in a group of 103 men. The anonymous survey comprised Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) for daytime sleepiness assessment and STOP-Bang Questionnaire (SBQ) for OSA risk assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 43 (42%) respondents OSA risk was assessed as low, while moderate and high risk was observed in 55 (53%) and 5 (5%) drivers, respectively. Severe daytime sleepiness correlated positively with ESS results (r = 0.32; p < 0.05). In drivers with high OSA risk revealed in SBQ no correlation with high ESS was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In drivers with moderate and high OSA risk a sleep medicine specialist consultation with a consecutive diagnostic procedures is necessary. STOP-Bang Questionnaire and ESS are the fast tools to identify patients at increased risk for OSA.
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Lekarski, Klinika Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy / Faculty of Medicine, Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis). lukasz.minarowski@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Minarowski
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Klinika Rehabilitacji / Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation). sylwia.chwiesko@umb.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chwieśko-Minarowska
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Klinika Alergologii i Chorób Wewnętrznych / Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Allergology and Internal Diseases).
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czaban
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Lekarski, Klinika Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy / Faculty of Medicine, Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis).
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mickiewicz
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Lekarski, Klinika Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy / Faculty of Medicine, Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis).
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kozakiewicz
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Klinika Rehabilitacji / Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation).
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuryliszyn-Moskal
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland (Wydział Lekarski, Klinika Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy / Faculty of Medicine, Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis).
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chyczewska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; STOP-Bang Questionnaire; obstructive sleep apnea; polysomnography; public transport drivers; risk assessment