Huhta, R.; Sieminski, M.; Hirvonen, K.; Partinen, E.; Partinen, M. A New Screening Tool (BAMSA) for Sleep Apnea in Male Professional Truck Drivers. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13, 522, doi:10.3390/jcm13020522.
Huhta, R.; Sieminski, M.; Hirvonen, K.; Partinen, E.; Partinen, M. A New Screening Tool (BAMSA) for Sleep Apnea in Male Professional Truck Drivers. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13, 522, doi:10.3390/jcm13020522.
Huhta, R.; Sieminski, M.; Hirvonen, K.; Partinen, E.; Partinen, M. A New Screening Tool (BAMSA) for Sleep Apnea in Male Professional Truck Drivers. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13, 522, doi:10.3390/jcm13020522.
Huhta, R.; Sieminski, M.; Hirvonen, K.; Partinen, E.; Partinen, M. A New Screening Tool (BAMSA) for Sleep Apnea in Male Professional Truck Drivers. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13, 522, doi:10.3390/jcm13020522.
Abstract
Sleep apnea is common in professional truck drivers. As undiagnosed and/or untreated sleep apnea is a risk factor for sleepiness-related traffic accidents, it should be recognized. We develop a new, simple tool to screen sleep apnea in this population.
Altogether, 2066 professional truck drivers received a structured questionnaire. 175 drivers had a clinical examination and were invited to sleep laboratory studies, including cardiorespiratory polygraphy. We studied associations of different risk factors with the presence of sleep apnea. We established a new simple screening tool for sleep apnea that was compared to other existing screening tools.
1095 drivers filled in the questionnaire. 172 drivers had successful cardiorespiratory polygraphy. Full data was available for 160 male drivers, who were included in the analyses. The following five risk factors for sleep apnea formed the BAMSA-score (0 to 5): BMI>30 kgm-2, Age>50 years, Male gender, Snoring at least on one night per week and presence of Apneas at least sometimes. BAMSA showed a sensitivity of 85.7% and a specificity of 78.8% in detecting AHI≥15, when using a cut point of 4 and the ROC area was 0.823.
BAMSA is a sensitive and easy-to-use tool in predicting sleep apnea in male professional drivers.
Keywords
sleep apnea; professional drivers; snoring; screening; sleep disordered breathing
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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