ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2021
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obstructive sleep apnea: recommendations for symptom management.
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- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of physicians regarding multidisciplinary treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Diagnosing OSA and Insomnia at Home Based Only on an Actigraphy Total Sleep Time and RIP Belts an Algorithm "Nox Body Sleep™".Nature and science of sleep · 2024Article
- Nocturnal hypoxia in patients with sleep disorders: exploring its role as a mediator between neurotic personality traits and psychological symptoms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Public Health Problem-Interactions with Sleep Efficacy and Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Causal associations between obstructive sleep apnea and COVID-19: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Sleep medicine · 2023Article
- Disrupted Sleep During a Pandemic.Sleep medicine clinics · 2022Review
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objectivesIn the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, we address the following important questions: (1) How can patients be identified for possible OSA while sleep clinic testing is temporarily unavailable or limited? and (2) What measures can be suggested to improve sleep health until proper diagnosis and treatment become safe and available again?
methodsAs a proxy for home or in-laboratory testing, validation of a symptom-based measure of OSA risk is presented, based on an ongoing larger prospective study of 156 family medicine patients with OSA (88 women, 68 men; mean age, 57 years) and 60 control participants (36 women, 24 men; mean age, 54 years) recruited from the community. Participants completed the Sleep Symptom Checklist (SSC) and a range of other self-report measures; primary care patients also underwent a polysomnographic sleep study.
resultsResults showed that (1) individuals with OSA reported more symptoms on the SSC related to insomnia, daytime symptoms, sleep disorders, and psychological maladjustment than did the control group (all P < .001), and (2) their sleep-related symptoms were significantly more severe than those of the control patients. In addition, several polysomnographic indices in recently diagnosed untreated individuals with OSA were significantly correlated with SSC measured sleep disorder symptoms, and SSC scores significantly distinguished participants with OSA from control participants.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that family practitioners can effectively prescreen patients for possible OSA by inquiring about 5 items that form the SSC sleep disorders subscale. If OSA is suspected, then we can recommend a range of behavioral techniques to improve symptoms. The current pandemic causes us to reflect that the provisional targeting of symptoms and guidance regarding mitigation strategies while waiting for specialist care could serve patients well at any time.
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