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INTRODUCTION Menopause is a period of profound systemic changes in women9s lives. During this period, women have great difficulty in falling asleep, leading to increased incidence of sleep disorders. OBJECTIVES To evaluate excessive daytime sleepiness, risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and sleep quality in the woman with menopause assisted in a Basic Health Unit of the city of Divinopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS This is an observational and cross-sectional study that assessed 43 women with menopause recruited from a Basic Health Unit in the city of Divinopolis, Brazil. Approval was obtained from the institutional Ethics Committee, and all subjects gave their written informed consent. The evaluation consisted of medical history, vital signs and anthropometry data. The Berlin Questionnaire, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire also were administered in woman with menopause. RESULTS The mean age was 59±5.9 years; mean body mass index was 24.9±3.5 kg/m 2 .We divided all 43 woman into two groups, menopause (n=15) and no menopause (n=28). About 33.3% of the menopausal women were at high risk for OSA and 29.6% of the non-menopausal group. Through PSQI, in the menopausal group, 53.3% of the women presented poor sleep quality. In the non-menopausal group, 40.7% of the women had poor sleep quality. The presence of excessive daytime sleepiness was observed in 31.3% of the menopausal women and 37% of the non-menopausal group. CONCLUSION In our study, the woman with menopause showed a higher presence of high risk for OSA and poor sleep quality median but did not presented excessive daytime sleepiness. |
