2016
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20160061
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Prevalence of Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Association With Risk Factors in Primary Care

Abstract: BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a chronic, progressive disease with high morbidity and mortality. It is underdiagnosed, especially among women.ObjectiveTo study the prevalence of high risk for OSAS globally and for the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) categories, and to evaluate the reliability of the BQ use in the population studied.MethodsObservational, cross-sectional study with individuals from the Niterói Family Doctor Program, randomly selected, aged between 45 and 99 years. The visits occu… Show more

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“…Subjects who had scores in at least two of the symptom categories were deemed to be at high risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. 17 For the classification of depression, the responses from the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used. Subjects with a score of 3, 4 or 5 (moderate, moderately severe, and severe depression) were considered to be positive.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Subjects who had scores in at least two of the symptom categories were deemed to be at high risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. 17 For the classification of depression, the responses from the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used. Subjects with a score of 3, 4 or 5 (moderate, moderately severe, and severe depression) were considered to be positive.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The efficiency of sleep decreases in the elderly, which favors the increase of nocturnal awakenings and difficulty to fall asleep again (3) . This fact presents an expressive prevalence so that approximately 50% of people 60 years of age or older present with sleep disorder (4)(5) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…14 (2010) em estudo realizado com pacientes de um hospital (25,3%); Mahboub et al 15 (2013) nos centros de saúde primária em Dubai (20,9%) e em 2016 por Silva et al 16 (2016) em indivíduos cadastrados no Programa Médico da Família de Niterói (42,4%).…”
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