Prediction meaning of daytime sleepiness evaluation for patiens with sleep apnea sydrome combined with cerebral vascular disease occurrence / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate whether scores of epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) assessing daytime sleepiness were associated with sleep apnea syndrome(SAS)combined with cerebral vascular disease and ESS could be used to predict cerebral vascular disease occurrence.Methods A group of 62 SAS combined with transient ischemic attack(TIA), a group of 53 SAS with combined hypertension and the other group of 61 SAS combined without other diseases were monitored by polysomnography(PSG), daytime sleepiness of these SAS patients were assessed by ESS at the same time. Results Compared to SAS combined without other diseases, those SAS combined with TIA and hypertension patients had significant higher scores of ESS,apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) and micro-arousal index(MAI)(all P