ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2015
Fatigued on Venus, sleepy on Mars-gender and racial differences in symptoms of sleep apnea.
Article in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01975181 (Cardiovascular Health Program Registry), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Sex differences in US military personnel with insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, or comorbid insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
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- Effect of Triple Therapy with Budesonide-Formoterol-Tiotropium Versus Placebo-Tiotropium on Sleep Quality in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2021Article
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- Smoking and sleep apnea duration mediated the sex difference in daytime sleepiness in OSA patients.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- OSA and CPAP therapy: effect of gender, somnolence, and treatment adherence on health-related quality of life.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Observational
- Understanding the burden of illness of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea: a qualitative study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- Sex-Related Differences in Sleep-Related PSG Parameters and Daytime Complaints in a Clinical Population.Nature and science of sleep · 2020Article
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- Insomnia and sleep apnea in midlife women: prevalence and consequences to health and functioning.F1000prime reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveClinical guidelines for the care of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) recommend evaluation of daytime sleepiness but do not specify evaluation of fatigue. We studied how subjects with and without OSA experience fatigue and sleepiness, examining the role of gender and race. DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS: Consecutive subjects entering our heart health registry completed validated questionnaires including Berlin Questionnaire for OSA, Fatigue Scale, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Data analysis was performed only with Whites and Blacks as there were too few subjects of other races for comparison.
resultsOf 384 consecutive subjects, including 218 women (57 %), there were 230 Whites (60 %) and 154 Blacks (40 %), with average age of 55.9 ± 12.8 years. Berlin Questionnaires identified 221 subjects (58 %) as having high likelihood for OSA. Fatigue was much more common in women (75 %) than in men (46 %) with OSA (p < 0.001), while frequency of fatigue was similar in women (30 %) and men (29 %) without OSA (p = 0.86). In multivariate analysis, men with OSA were sleepier than women; Black men with OSA had higher Epworth scores (mean ± SD, 12.8 ± 5.2) compared to White men (10.6 ± 5.3), White women (10.0 ± 4.5), and Black women (10.5 ± 5.2), p = 0.05. These gender differences were not related to the effects of age, body mass index, perceived stress, sleep duration, or thyroid function.
conclusionsWomen report fatigue more commonly with OSA than men. Men experience sleepiness more commonly with OSA than women. The findings suggest that evaluation of sleep disorders must include an assessment of fatigue in addition to sleepiness to capture the experience of women.
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