Psychological factors effect on obstructive sleep apnea ayndrome comorbid insomnia
Abstract：Objective This study aimed to further explore sleep-related psychological factors that may contribute to insomnia in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients .Methods Total of 60 patients were divided into OSAS group (20 patients) ,primary insomnia (20 patients) and OSAS+ In‐somnia group (20 patients) .All subjects underwent poly-somnography (PSG) overnight and completed a package of questionnaires ,including the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) ,Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) ,Self -rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) ,Self - rating Depression Scale(SDS) .Results The OSAS+Insomnia and Insomnia groups had significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression than the OSAS group .The OSAS group had significantly more lethargy than the OSAS+Insomnia and Insomnia groups .Conclusions Although OSAS patients with insomnia showed a similar degree of respiratory dis‐turbances as patients with OSAS only ,their psychological and behavioral profiles resembled the features of primary insomnia patients .The results support the new concept of OSAS comorbid insomnia and sug‐gest the importance of evaluating and treating psychological factors in these patients .
Keywords：InsomniaOSASComorbidityPsychologicalLethargy
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 340-342 )