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ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine

Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with severe asthma: Prevalence and association between severity and asthma control.

Fatema Al-Lawati, Saif M Al-Mubaihsi, B Jayakrishnan, Sayed Rizvi, Mohammed A Al-Abri

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Article in Annals of thoracic medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatema Al-LawatiDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Saif M Al-MubaihsiDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
B JayakrishnanDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Sayed RizviDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Mohammed A Al-AbriDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAsthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are common respiratory disorders that can coexist and cause sleep disturbances. The strength of this association and the impact of OSA on asthma severity and control remain unclear. The study aims to estimate the prevalence of OSA in patients with severe asthma in Oman and to examine whether the severity of OSA contributed to the level of asthma control.

methodsAdult patients with confirmed diagnosis of severe asthma who attended the respiratory clinic in a tertiary hospital in Oman over a period of 19 months were enrolled in the study. Eligible participants were screened by asthma control test (ACT) and Berlin questionnaire (BQ). Patients with high risk for OSA were subjected further to level 3 sleep study. The prevalence of OSA in patients with severe asthma and the associations between the severity of OSA and asthma control were calculated.

resultsWe identified 312 adult asthma patients on Global Initiative for Asthma step 4 or 5 management out of 550 who were screened. The mean age of the study population was 56.59 ± 12.40 years and the mean body mass index (BMI) 40.30 ± 12.24 kg/m

conclusionsThe prevalence of OSA was high (32.37%) in patients with severe asthma. Uncontrolled severe asthma was significantly associated with severe OSA.

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asthmaAsthma control testdesaturationsleep apnea

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