2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Risk factor and coping strategy for driving accidents due to elevated sleepiness
| Project/Area Number |
22591312
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Psychiatric science
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| Research Institution | Neuropsychiatric Research Institute |
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Principal Investigator |
INOUE Yuichi 公益財団法人神経研究所, 研究部, センター長 (50213179)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
KOMADA Yoko 公益財団法人神経研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (40451380)
ASAOKA Shoichi 東京医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (80386656)
ABE Takashi 公益財団法人神経研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (00549644)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 精神生理学 / 交通事故 / 睡眠衛生 / 睡眠時無呼吸症候群 |
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| Research Abstract |
Series of our study revealed that longer elapsed time, shorter sleep duration (less than 6hours) and existence of habitual snoring/nocturnal apnea episodes were independently associated with the experience of vehicular accidents among general drivers. This finding suggest that early treatment of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and securing sufficient amount of nocturnal sleep is necessary to prevent sleepiness related traffic accidents. Our study also showed that among occupational drivers the prevalence of shift work related sleepiness is higher than that of SDB related sleepiness. However, they seem not to take counter measure effective for reducing their sleepiness even when they are in a sleepy condition because they do not have enough time for taking a rest possibly due to their workload.
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Research Products
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