The Risk Factors Affecting the QOL of OSAS Patients and the Influence of nCPAP Treatment on the QOL of OSAS Patients
- VernacularTitle:睡眠呼吸暂停综合征生存质量影响因素分析
- Author:
Qiong OU
;
Qingwei ZHENG
;
Jinhui YE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
OSAS;
Quality of life;
Risk factors;
nCPAP treatment
- From:
Journal of Chinese Physician
2001;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the risk factors affecting the quality of life (QOL) of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) and the influence of nasal continual positive airway pressure (nCPAP) treatment on the QOL of OSAS patients. Methods Measuring the quality of life of 212 patients suffered from OSAS with WHOQOL-BREF and analyzing the influences of the sleepiness, quality of sleep, chronic disease and nCPAP treatment on the QOL of patients with OSAS. Results The scores on physical domain and psychological domain of patients who were sleepiness or had bad quality of sleep were less than that of patients who were non-sleepiness or had a good sleep respectively(P
