Prevalence of sleep symptoms and risk of obstructive sleep apnea in Mexico

Autor: Selene Guerrero-Zúñiga, Elsa Berenice Gaona-Pineda, Lucía Cuevas-Nasu, Luis Torre-Bouscoulet, Margarita Reyes-Zúñiga, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Rogelio Perez-Padilla
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Salud Pública de México, Vol 60, Iss 3, may-jun, Pp 347-355 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0036-3634
1606-7916
DOI: 10.21149/9280
Popis: Objective. To estimate the prevalence of sleep related symptoms (SRS) in Mexico, and their distribution by region, urbanization and gender. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional study using a national probabilistic sample among adults over 20 years old. We applied the Berlin questionnaire for sleep apnea risk (OSA) and questions on sleep duration, insomnia and sedative use. Results. The most frequent SRS were snoring 48.5% and difficulty falling asleep 36.9%. High risk for OSA was found in 27.3% of adults, increases with BMI (OR=1.1), age (OR=1.03) and urban residence (OR=1.37). Insomnia was in 18.8% with female predominance (OR=1.91). Average sleep time was 7.6 ±3 hours; 28.4% of adults sleep
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