TY - JOUR
T1 - Geriatric sleep apnea syndrome
T2 - A preliminary description
AU - Berry, D. T.R.
AU - Phillips, B. A.
AU - Cook, Y. R.
AU - Schmitt, F. A.
AU - Honeycutt, N. A.
AU - Arita, A. A.
AU - Allen, R. S.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - We compared 8 patients diagnosed with geriatric sleep apnea syndrome (GSAS) with 12 healthy older controls (GCON) matched on age, sex, weight, education, and socioeconomic standing. GSAS was diagnosed if patients had an apnea + hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 10 and an impairment involving at least two of the following: hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, or daytime hypersomnolence. In addition to significant differences on selection variables (e.g., AHI, frequency of hypertension, Multiple Sleep Latency Test), GSAS patients had significantly more sleep disturbance, were sleepier on subjective measures, were more depressed, and had lower scores on tests of nonverbal problem solving and nonverbal memory. Thus, GSAS resembles SAS described in middle-aged populations. More research is needed to determine the most efficient diagnostic parameters for identifying pathological levels of SDB in older persons.
AB - We compared 8 patients diagnosed with geriatric sleep apnea syndrome (GSAS) with 12 healthy older controls (GCON) matched on age, sex, weight, education, and socioeconomic standing. GSAS was diagnosed if patients had an apnea + hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 10 and an impairment involving at least two of the following: hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, or daytime hypersomnolence. In addition to significant differences on selection variables (e.g., AHI, frequency of hypertension, Multiple Sleep Latency Test), GSAS patients had significantly more sleep disturbance, were sleepier on subjective measures, were more depressed, and had lower scores on tests of nonverbal problem solving and nonverbal memory. Thus, GSAS resembles SAS described in middle-aged populations. More research is needed to determine the most efficient diagnostic parameters for identifying pathological levels of SDB in older persons.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronj/45.5.M169
DO - 10.1093/geronj/45.5.M169
M3 - Article
C2 - 2394913
AN - SCOPUS:0025148779
SN - 0022-1422
VL - 45
SP - M169-M174
JO - Journals of Gerontology
JF - Journals of Gerontology
IS - 5
ER -