2013
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.120603
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Quality of life impairment in patients of obstructive sleep apnea and its relation with the severity of disease

Abstract: Background:Several studies have demonstrated considerable impairment of quality of life (QOL) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, but its relation with severity of OSA is yet unclear.Study Objectives:To investigate the effects of OSA on the QOL and its association with the disease severity.Design and Setting:Observational, prospective case-control study.Materials and Methods:QOL of 69 OSA patients and 41 healthy controls were assessed using the Calgary sleep apnea quality of life index (SAQLI) on the mo… Show more

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“…Those affected may suffer from daytime somnolence, academic difficulties, behavioral and neurocognitive problems, enuresis, cardiovascular complications, poor growth, and metabolic disorders. Additionally, children with OSA have been shown to have significant reductions in overall and disease‐specific quality of life . Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is recognized as the most significant contributor to OSA in otherwise healthy children.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those affected may suffer from daytime somnolence, academic difficulties, behavioral and neurocognitive problems, enuresis, cardiovascular complications, poor growth, and metabolic disorders. Additionally, children with OSA have been shown to have significant reductions in overall and disease‐specific quality of life . Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is recognized as the most significant contributor to OSA in otherwise healthy children.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The hypersomnia generated by the disease has an important impact on patients' lives. All studies agree that the following aspects significantly affect patients: non-restorative sleep, excessive fatigue, difficulty to stay awake, difficulties with memory and with keeping attention, falling asleep suddenly, malaise upon awakening and lack of concentration (14,16,27). This domain also seeks to identify the participation in activities and the limitation in these.…”
Section: Quality Of Life Measurement Scales With the Syndromementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most common manifestations of the patient with OSAHS are daytime sleepiness, nocturnal roncopathy and awakenings related to shortness of breath or respiratory effort (14), although irritability, difficulty concentrating, impaired memory, low energy for daily activities, chronic headache and depressive symptoms are also frequent (15). In addition, in patients with OSAHS there is a short-term increase in occupational and car accidents (16). All these conditions are directly related to the patient's quality of life, and not only to cardiovascular and metabolic alterations (7,17).…”
Section: Obstructive Sleep Apnea-hypopnea Syndrome and Quality Of Lifementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recentes estudos 3,4,5 têm avaliado e indicado as principais complicações causadas pela AOS. Assim como em nossa investigação, alguns relatos indicam um prejuízo na qualidade de vida e na capacidade funcional dessa população.…”
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“…3 Esse comprometimento está relacionado com a gravidade do distúrbio do sono. 4 A capacidade funcional, que é a habilidade que o indivíduo apresenta para realizar, de forma autônoma, as atividades de vida diária (AVD'S), 5 pode estar afetada nesses pacientes. 6 De acordo com a literatura, há controvérsias quanto às limitações na capacidade funcional de pacientes com AOS.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified