[PDF] Top 20 Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Hypertension in Cameroonian Adult Population

... In our study, place of residence, Sudanese ethnicity and obesity were associated with EDS in hypertensive subjects. In the series of Stater et al. including 173 apneic and non- apneic patients recruited from a London ... See full document

... We used the Epworth Sleepiness Scale to assess the sever- ity of daytime sleepiness. This is a self-reported eight-item questionnaire using a Likert-type scale in which the respon- dent indicates a ... See full document

... 6 Hypertension was diagnosed if the patient had a systolic (and/or diastolic) BP of 140 (90) mm Hg or higher on two different occasions, or if the patient was on BP lowering medications over the last 15 ... See full document

... OSA excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), may contribute to the impaired quality of life (QOL) ...as hypertension, acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident and heart failure, OSA ... See full document

... EDS is found to be associated with increased inflammatory markers such as TNF α and IL-6 [21]. If these cytokines remain chronically it will predispose an early onset of systemic disorders like Diabetes Mellitus, ... See full document

... Excessive Daytime Sleepiness [EDS] is defined in International Classification of Sleep Disorders based on the behaviour of falling asleep, including difficulty maintaining alertness or wakefulness ... See full document

... and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in ...cross-sectional population-based study conducted from 2015 to 2018 in Cameroon, adult subjects aged at least 19 years were included by ... See full document

... Information regarding alcohol consumption and daily energy intake were obtained from the Cancer Council food frequency questionnaire [26]. Daily alcohol intake was expressed as gram intake per day (g/day), and energy ... See full document

... in adult employed Japanese were 6 hours 55 minutes on weekdays, 7 hours 29 minutes on Saturday, and 7 hours 51 minutes on ...white-collar daytime employees was significantly higher than in the general ... See full document

... DISCUSSION Our patient presented with excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (REM intrusion in wakefulness), and sleep paralysis. These symptoms, along with hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations, ... See full document

... This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Niigata University School of Medicine. We per- formed a single-hospital prospective study on patients with probable MSA [15] who were admitted to our hos- pital ... See full document

... Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder specifying the abnormal sleep manifestations which mainly impact the quality of life of narcolepsy patients. The exact cause is unclear but found significant evidences that ... See full document

... Excessive daytime sleepiness was prevalent among medical students, Medical College, University of students, no differences were found between the students with excessive daytime ... See full document

... population used CPAP for less than 4 hours, partly due to the short-term design of the study. This suggested that their adherence to CPAP was poor, and the full effect of CPAP on judo performance could not be ... See full document

... total PGWBI score and Health and Vitality subscales. However, adequately powered studies are necessary to examine gender differences in OSA clinical manifesta- tions and response to CPAP. Gender differences could be ... See full document

... The data presented in Table 6 differ substantially depend- ing on the country and the area of the world. This results from observation period, population and age of epileptic patient, seizure, and therapy. ... See full document

... Additionally, we examined the moderating effect of de- pressive symptoms on sleep – related problems (insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, and sleep-wake behavior prob- lems) with PIU using the ... See full document

... Descriptive statistics were used to describe differences between the HF population with and without depressive symptoms. Categorical variables were analyzed with the Chi-square test. Continuous variables, if ... See full document

... entire population (region) divided into groups, or ...problems, Excessive daytime sleepiness, Awakenings during the night, Regularity and duration of sleep and Snoring) (17), were completed by ... See full document

... Conclusion: Sleep disorders are more prevalent among the medical undergraduates, and this would get exaggerated with obesity. Higher BMI values are associated with poor sleep quality and excessive daytime ... See full document