title: Evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in pregnant women with chronic disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a disease which is estimated to be undiagnosed to a large extent. Hence, the prevalence of OSAS in pregnant women is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in pregnant women with chronic diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the study, 97 pregnant women with chronic diseases and 160 healthy pregnant women were included. A form questioning socio-demographic characteristics and pregnancy characteristics, Epworth scale and the Berlin questionnaire to evaluate the risk of OSAS were applied to participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It has been determined that 10-12.5% of healthy pregnant women, 34-45.4% of pregnants with chronic diseases and 20.6-23.3% of all pregnant women had a high risk of OSAS, the pregnants with chronic disease compared to healthy pregnant women had statistically significant higher risk of OSAS. The risk of OSAS was found to be significantly higher especially in pregnant women with hypertension and diabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OSAS can lead to the adverse consequences in pregnancy, should be questioned for all pregnants especially those with chronic diseases. Pregnant women with OSAS should be monitored more carefully in terms of diabetes and hypertension in antenatal care.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Family Medicine , Gulhane Military Medical Faculty , Ankara , Turkey .
authors.forename: Mevlüt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karaduman
authors.affiliation: a Department of Family Medicine , Gulhane Military Medical Faculty , Ankara , Turkey .
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sarı
authors.affiliation: a Department of Family Medicine , Gulhane Military Medical Faculty , Ankara , Turkey .
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydoğan
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Ankara Mevki Military Hospital , Ankara , Turkey .
authors.forename: Yaşam Kemal
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Akpak
authors.affiliation: c Fetal Medicine and Perinatology Unit, Memorial Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey , and.
authors.forename: Altuğ
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Semiz
authors.affiliation: c Fetal Medicine and Perinatology Unit, Memorial Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey , and.
authors.forename: Necip Cihangir
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Yılanlıoğlu
authors.affiliation: d Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gulhane Military Medical Faculty , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keskin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Berlin questionnaire; Epworth scale; gestational diabetes; gestational hypertension; obstructive sleep apnea