The Psychomotor Vigilance Test Compared to a Divided Attention Steering Simulation in Patients with Moderate or Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Ying HuangSteve HennigIngo FietzeThomas Penzel Christian Veauthier

Published in: Nature and science of sleep (2020)

The increase of PVT RT as well as the decreased tonic alertness in the TAP in untreated OSA patients correlated with an impairment of simulated driving performance. The PVT and the TAP are both suitable diagnostic tools for measuring impaired driving ability in OSA patients. The MSLT did not correlate with the simulated driving performance. We recommend investigation of a longer version of the PVT in order to increase its sensitivity.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
positive airway pressure
high intensity
sleep apnea