[Sleepiness and sleep apnea syndrome. Analysis of 188 questionnaires (102 patients and 86 controls)].
A questionnaire was given to 102 obstructive sleep apnea patients and 86 controls. A somnolence index was defined by averaging the scores of the answers to eleven questions concerning sleepiness. This index separated patients and controls (P < 0.0001). It was correlated with the apnea + hypopnea index (r = 0.32, P < 0.001), the body mass index (r = 0.45, P < 0.001) and with an objective measurement of sleepiness obtained from a modified multiple sleep latency test (r = -0.54, P < 0.001). Depending upon the current occupation, the tendency to fall asleep decreased in the following order: watching TV, passenger in a means of transport, reading, attending a show, attending a meeting, driving a car, and eating. This order is the same in patients and controls, irrespective of their "overall sleepiness". Thus, the circumstances of falling asleep are indicative of the severity of sleepiness.
Petiau
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Unité des troubles du sommeil, clinique neurologique, centre hospitalier universitaire, Strasbourg, France.
Delanoe
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Hecht
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Chamouard
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Krieger
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires