Correlation Analysis between SF36 and Polysomnographic Measures in Patients with OSAS.
- Author:
Woo Hyoung NAM
1
;
Kwang Min PARK
;
Eun Jung LIM
;
Yee Hyuk KIM
;
Chang Min SIN
;
Ho Won LEE
;
Jung Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. sookim@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Obstructive sleep apnea;
Quality of life;
Polysomnography
- MeSH:
Humans;
Korea;
Outcome Assessment (Health Care);
Polysomnography;
Quality of Life;
Running;
Sleep Apnea Syndromes;
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2007;50(10):896-902
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Despite the trend in the medical field to understand the effect of diseases on the quality of life, such a study regarding sleep apnea has not been prevailing in Korea. This study analyzed the result of a Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 (SF-36), which is widely used to evaluate the effect of sleep apnea on patient's medical condition. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: This study included 131 patients of over 18 years of age and who participated in the SF-36 survey and finished the polysomnography study. The relationship between parameters was conducted with Spearman, and the comparison with the independent variables was done by running a paired t-test. RESULTS: AHI was on average 30.9+/-23.5 and BMI was on average 26+/-3.9 kg/m. Except body pain, all values which derived from the statistics of eight categories of SF-36 from the patients was significantly lower than those of the healthy control. In the comparable analysis of polysomnography and SF-36, AHI, the total sleep time, and the sleep efficacy (%) had significant correlation, but correlation coefficient was low (r<3.0). CONCLUSION: It is recommended that the quality of life of OSAS patients should be evaluated beside PSG in order to find out the degree of seriousness of OSAS and result of treatment.
