Evaluation of Candidate Measures for Home-Based Screening of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Taiwanese Bus Drivers

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Hua Ting²  Ren-Jing Huang⁶  Ching-Hsiang Lai⁴  Shen-Wen Chang⁶  Ai-Hui Chung⁶  Teng-Yao Kuo³  Ching-Haur Chang⁵  Tung-Sheng Shih¹ 

[1] Institute of Labor Policy and Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan, Taipei 22143, Taiwan;Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan; E-Mail:;PhD Program of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Feng Chia University; Taichung 40724, Taiwan; E-Mail:;Department of Medical Informatics, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan; E-Mail:;Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan; E-Mail:;Center of Sleep Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung 40245, Taiwan; E-Mails:

关键词: diagnostic techniques and procedures;    polysomnography;    oximetry;    obstructive sleep apnea;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s140508126

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Background: Sleepiness-at-the-wheel has been identified as a major cause of highway accidents. The aim of our study is identifying the candidate measures for home-based screening of sleep disordered breathing in Taiwanese bus drivers, instead of polysomnography. Methods: Overnight polysomnography accompanied with simultaneous measurements of alternative screening devices (pulse oximetry, ApneaLink, and Actigraphy), heart rate variability, wake-up systolic blood pressure and questionnaires were completed by 151 eligible participants who were long-haul bus drivers with a duty period of more than 12 h a day and duty shifting. Results: 63.6% of professional bus drivers were diagnosed as having sleep disordered breathing and had a higher body mass index, neck circumference, systolic blood pressure, arousal index and desaturation index than those professional bus drivers without evidence of sleep disordered breathing. Simple home-based candidate measures: (1) Pulse oximetry, oxygen-desaturation indices by ≥3% and 4% (r = 0.87∼0.92); (2) Pulse oximetry, pulse-rising indices by ≥7% and 8% from a baseline (r = 0.61∼0.89); and (3) ApneaLink airflow detection, apnea-hypopnea indices (r = 0.70∼0.70), based on recording-time or Actigraphy-corrected total sleep time were all significantly correlated with, and had high agreement with, corresponding polysomnographic apnea-hypopnea indices [(1) 94.5%∼96.6%, (2) 93.8%∼97.2%, (3) 91.1%∼91.3%, respectively]. Conversely, no validities of SDB screening were found in the multi-variables apnea prediction questionnaire, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, night-sleep heart rate variability, wake-up systolic blood pressure and anthropometric variables. Conclusions: The indices of pulse oximetry and apnea flow detection are eligible criteria for home-based screening of sleep disordered breathing, specifically for professional drivers.

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