Prevalence of excessive sleepiness is higher whereas insomnia is lower with greater severity of obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1387-1393

  Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b   Lehmann, Sverre ^a,b   Gulati, Shashi ^a   Aurlien, Harald ^a,b   Pallesen, Ståle ^a,b   Saxvig, Ingvild W ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Excessive sleepiness; Hypersomnia; Insomnia; OSA; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; NORWAY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949095749     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-015-1155-5     Document Type: Article

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