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Comorbidity Prevalence between Sleep Bruxism and Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: A Polysomnography Study
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Coelho, Patrícia Rocha Curcio, Wanessa Botega Santo, Roberta Passos Do Espírito Pereira, Amanda Buchara Leite, Fabíola Pessôa Pereira Chaves, Maria Das Graças Afonso Miranda |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Objective: To investigate the prevalence of comorbidity between the sleep bruxism (SB) and the obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) in the polysomnographic findings of 909 patients with sleep disturbance. The association of this comorbidity with patient’s age and gender was also verified. Method: An epidemiological study with a population basis was undertaken. A non-probabilistic sample of 1,200 medical reports from patients with supposed sleep disturbances referred to a sleep medicine laboratory between March/2007 and June/2011 was reviewed. The data were collected by a single investigator. The following diagnoses were included: SB, apnea, OSAHS (apnea, snoring and micro awakenings) and insomnia. The additional investigated variables were gender, age (below or over 40 years) and the year of examination (2007 to 2011), which resulted in a final sample of 909 polysomnographic reports. The SPSS v.10.0 software was used for statistical analysis. The chi-square test was employed and the significance level was set at 5%. Results: There was a 5.28% prevalence of patients diagnosed as SB and OSAHS bearers. The results revealed no association between SB/OSAHS comorbidity prevalence and patients’ age or gender (p≤0.05). There was no statistical predilection for a gender or an age group. Conclusion: The SB/OSAHS comorbidity was prevalent in the surveyed population, although there was no evidence of a significant association of this clinical scenario with patients’ gender and age. Such a relationship is a major challenge in the management of these patients, requiring that all associated clinical issues are reported and evaluated by a multidisciplinary team specially habilitated for this purpose. |
| Starting Page | 491 |
| Ending Page | 496 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.4034/pboci.v12i4.1328 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://revista.uepb.edu.br/index.php/pboci/article/viewFile/1328/946 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4034/pboci.v12i4.1328 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
