{
  "abstract": "This study estimates the prevalence and workplace productivity burden of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) syndrome in the UK and USA, using self-reported breathing pauses and excessive daytime sleepiness as a proxy. The prevalence of OSA syndrome was 22.8% in the USA and 19.5% in the UK. Annual productivity losses were estimated at US$180.2 billion in the USA and £4.22 billion in the UK. In the UK and USA, individual-level productivity losses exceeded the cost of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment, suggesting that improved identification, access to treatment and adherence could yield significant economic benefits in both countries.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Umar Rehman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Yuju Ahn"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Birmingham City University, Business School, Birmingham, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Erez Yerushalmi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mohamed Abdelwahab"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of ENT, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Nicholas Eynon-Lewis"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK",
        "UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Jacklyn Liu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Paediatric ENT, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Liam Sutton"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "F Christopher Holsinger"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Robson Capasso"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre d’Evaluation et de Statistique, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Marie-Lise Côté"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Ryan Chin Taw Cheong"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nuffield Health Brentwood, Essex, UK",
        "UME Health, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Bhik Kotecha"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sleep Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Maurice M Ohayon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "RAND Europe, Cambridge, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Marco Hafner"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK",
        "UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Matt Lechner"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Neglected burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: workplace productivity loss in the USA and UK",
  "uid": "f4da5412-01c5-5cd3-a86d-7811f965749d"
}