Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: complaints and housing characteristics in a population in the United States

Ansarin, Khalil; Sahebi, Leyla; S, Sabur

doi:10.1590/1516-3180.2013.1314451

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“…Snoring was the second more frequent sleep complaint after light sleep, with a prevalence of 25%, being significantly higher in subjects older than 45 years old (34%) and men, in agreement with the previous literature [3,7,6,28,37] . As expected, reports of breathing pauses were not frequent (3%) in the population, since they are more commonly reported by partners [2] .…”

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Sleep complaints in the Brazilian population: Impact of socioeconomic factors

et al. 2014

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National surveys are relevant for the study of sleep epidemiology since they can provide specific data about sleep in large dimension with important implications for the health system. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sleep complaints among the Brazilian population using a randomized cluster sample according to region and socioeconomic class. For this, a 3-stage sampling technique was used to randomly select Brazilian subjects of both genders older than 16 years. A total of 2017 subjects, from 132 different cities, were selected to estimate prevalence in the Brazilian population with a sampling error of ±2%. Questions about sleep complaints were administered face-to-face by Instituto Datafolha interviewers on April 10 and 16, 2012. Data were expanded using a weighted variable. The results showed that 76% of the study population suffers from at least 1 sleep complaint, indicating that approximately 108 million Brazilians may be affected by sleep disorders. On average, each subject had 1.9 sleep problems with the most common complaints being light and insufficient sleep, snoring, moving a lot during sleep, and insomnia, which usually occurred more than 3 times per week. Low income was associated with higher number of sleep complaints only in Northeast and Southeast regions. In conclusion, this study showed a high prevalence of sleep complaints in a sample of the Brazilian population, suggesting that sleep disorders may be markedly frequent in the Brazilian population with a possible correlation with the socioeconomic situation of the interviewed subjects.

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confidence: 92%

Sleep complaints in the Brazilian population: Impact of socioeconomic factors

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“…Conceptual framework considering the relationship between acute respiratory infections, sustainable housing, and healthy housing. Source: Own creation [1,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,22,34,35,36,37,39]. …”

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“…On the other hand, various authors have proposed the construction of indexes to provide a measure of the ‘healthiness’ and ‘safety’ of housing [26] that include housing characteristics related to the health of its inhabitants [34,35,36,37,38]. In Mexico, the Mario Molina Center proposed a housing and environmental sustainability index (Sustainability Index of Housing and its Surroundings, Índice de Sustentabilidad de la Vivienda y su Entorno, ISV in Spanish) [39]; however, this index does not include the variable of health of its occupants.…”

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Healthy-Sustainable Housing Index: A Pilot Study to Link Architecture and Public Health in a Semi-Urban Community in Mexico

Zúñiga-Bello

Schilmann

Félix-Arellano

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the link between housing and children´s respiratory symptoms, through the construction of an index (HSHI) based on the definition of healthy-sustainable housing criteria, in a semi-urban community from Morelos, Mexico. A general and household questionnaire, and respiratory symptoms diary were applied in 60 households to gather information about schoolchildren, respiratory health, housing and lifestyle characteristics. HSHI was constructed using principal component analysis. The association between HSHI and the presence and duration of respiratory symptoms was assessed using logistic and Poisson regression models. HSHI had five components, which accounted for 63% of variance, and were classified into poor and sufficient quality. It was observed that schoolchildren who inhabit a sufficient-quality house, showed a reduction in nose irritation duration and in the allergic symptoms probability regarding component 1 (ventilation, lighting and cloth washing) and presented three times less duration of common cold by component 2 (construction material, painted walls inside the house and type of bathroom) compared to poor-quality house inhabitants. Our results suggest that living in a sufficient-quality house, as described by the HSHI, reduced the prevalence of wheezing episodes and the probability of ear pain, providing evidence about the positive association of a healthy-sustainable housing on the respiratory health of schoolchildren.

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“…Sleep apnea is a worldwide phenomenon [ 7 – 15 ]. Risk factors for sleep apnea include older age [ 4 , 7 , 16 – 20 ]; cardiovascular risk factors, namely, obesity [ 4 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 16 , 17 , 20 – 26 ], sedentary lifestyle [ 16 , 24 ], hypertension [ 9 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 25 , 27 – 29 ], and diabetes [ 9 , 16 – 18 , 25 , 30 – 32 ]; alcohol use [ 9 , 10 , 18 , 24 , 30 ]; smoking [ 4 , 10 , 33 , 34 ]; chronic pulmonary disease [ 35 – 38 ]; snoring [ 39 – 43 ]; excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) [ 3 , 23 , 44 ]; anxiety [ 45 – 48 ]; depression [ 45 , 48 ]; and low socioeconomic status [ 18 , 25 , 49 ]. Sleep apnea has been associated with cardiovascular diseases, namely, congestive heart failure [ 7 , 9 , 50 , 51 ] and myocardial infarction [ 7 , 52 ], sex (being male) [ 4 , 9 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 ], inferior driving and motor vehicle accidents [ 10 , 53 , …”

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“…Demographic [ 4 , 7 , 9 , 16 – 20 , 23 , 24 ], environmental, and population characteristics [ 18 , 25 , 49 , 54 – 56 ], predisposing as well as enabling resources, are associated with sleep apnea. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence (crude and adjusted), as well as the risk factors, of sleep apnea in the adult Canadian population.…”

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Predictors of Sleep Apnea in the Canadian Population

Spuy

Zhao

Karunanayake

et al. 2018

Canadian Respiratory Journal

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Older age, obesity, hypertension, snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness have been associated with sleep apnea. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence (crude and adjusted), as well as the risk factors, of sleep apnea in the adult Canadian population. Data from the 2009 Sleep Apnea Rapid Response (SARR) questionnaire were used to identify the risk factors, and all sleep-related questions in the SARR questionnaire were used. The outcome variable of interest was health professional-diagnosed sleep apnea. Covariates of interest were demographic variables, population characteristics, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and enabling resources. The multiple logistic regression model adjusted for the clustering effect was used to analyze the data. Sleep apnea was diagnosed in 858,913 adults (3.4% of the population), and more men (65.4%) than women (34.6%) were diagnosed with sleep apnea. Multivariable logistic regression analysis indicated that age (45 and older), loud snoring, sudden awakening with gasping/choking (rare/sometimes and once or more a week), and nodding off/falling asleep in driving in the past 12 months were significantly associated with diagnosed sleep apnea. Predictive probability demonstrated that in overweight and obese persons, ≥15 minutes of daily exercise significantly decreased the risk of diagnosed sleep apnea. The conclusion of this study is that in the Canadian population, sleep apnea is associated with older age, loud snoring, and sleeping problems. The protective effect of exercise warrants further investigation.

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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: complaints and housing characteristics in a population in the United States

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

Sleep complaints in the Brazilian population: Impact of socioeconomic factors

Sleep complaints in the Brazilian population: Impact of socioeconomic factors

Healthy-Sustainable Housing Index: A Pilot Study to Link Architecture and Public Health in a Semi-Urban Community in Mexico

Predictors of Sleep Apnea in the Canadian Population

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