Complaints of Poor Sleep and Risk of Traffic Accidents: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.

Authors :: Pierre Philip
Cyril Chaufton
Ludivine Orriols
Emmanuel Lagarde
Emmanuelle Amoros
Bernard Laumon
Torbjorn Akerstedt
Jacques Taillard
Patricia Sagaspe
Source :: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 12, p e114102 (2014)
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to determine the sleepiness-related factors associated with road traffic accidents. METHODS:A population based case-control study was conducted in 2 French agglomerations. 272 road accident cases hospitalized in emergency units and 272 control drivers matched by time of day and randomly stopped by police forces were included in the study. Odds ratios were calculated for the risk of road traffic accidents. RESULTS:As expected, the main predictive factor for road traffic accidents was having a sleep episode at the wheel just before the accident (OR 9.97, CI 95%: 1.57-63.50, p

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