Quality of life among untreated sleep apnea patients compared with the general population and changes after treatment with positive airway pressure

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 328-338

  Bjornsdottir, Erla ^a,b   Keenan, Brendan T ^c   Eysteinsdottir, Bjorg ^b   Arnardottir, Erna Sif ^a,b   Janson, Christer ^d   Gislason, Thorarinn ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^a,b,e   Kuna, Samuel T ^c,f   Pack, Allan I ^c   Benediktsdottir, Bryndis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Icelandic sleep apnea cohort (ISAC); Mental and physical health; Personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICELANDER; INSOMNIA; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTION BIAS; SHORT FORM 12; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84929468881     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12262     Document Type: Article

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