PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A J Hirsch Allen
AU  - Julie E Park
AU  - Patrick R Daniele
AU  - John Fleetham
AU  - C Frank Ryan
AU  - Najib T Ayas
TI  - Obstructive sleep apnoea and frequency of occupational injury
AID  - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207994
DP  - 2016 Jul 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 664--666
VI  - 71
IP  - 7
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/7/664.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/7/664.full
SO  - Thorax2016 Jul 01; 71
AB  - Abstract We sought to determine whether patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are at increased risk of occupational injury (OI). Patients referred to the University of British Columbia Hospital Sleep Laboratory for suspected OSA (May 2003 to July 2011 were recruited and rates and types of validated OI (that caused at least 1 day of disability) in the 5 years prior to polysomnography were calculated. In a sample of 1236, patients with OSA were twice as likely (OR=1.93, 95% CI 1.06 to 3.50, p=0.03) to suffer at least one OI compared with patients without OSA. This association was attenuated (OR=1.76, CI 0.86 to 3.59, p=0.12) after controlling for confounders. In a secondary analysis, patients with OSA were almost three times more likely (OR=2.88, CI 1.02 to 8.08, p=0.05) to suffer from an injury more likely related to reduced vigilance (eg, a fall or commercial motor vehicle crash) when compared with patients without OSA, and this again was attenuated after controlling for confounders (OR=2.42, CI 0.085 to 6.93, p=0.10).