Apnea, Hypopnea and Their Individual Effects on Daytime Sleepiness and Sleep Quality
Volume 1 - Issue 5
Berk Gurpinar*, Huseyin Sari, Belgin Tutar, Ruslan Hummatov, Onur Tanrisever, Yavuz Uyar and Ziya Saltürk
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- Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Berk Gurpinar, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey
Received:March 22, 2019; Published: April 01, 2019
DOI: 10.32474/SJO.2019.01.000125
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Abstract
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome (OSA) is defined as a reduction or cessation of the airflow in
the human airway. It effects nearly 18 million Americans and weight gain is the main predisposing factor. In this study, we aimed to
investigate the effects of apnea and hypopnea individually.
Material and Methods: 83 participants were included in the study and they are divided into two groups as apnea predominant
or hypopnea predominant. Pittsburg quality of sleep index (PQSI) and Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) are completed for all subjects
and full-night attended polysomnographic evaluations are done.
Results: ANOVA test was used to compare the inter-group variances. Between the two study groups, no statistical significance
was reported between the PSQI or ESS scores.
Conclusion: The effects of apnea and hypopnea are similar on sleep quality or day-time sleepiness, however further studies
also investigating the duration of the events as well are needed.
Abbreviations: OSA: Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome; PSG: Polysomnography; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality
Index; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale.
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