Open Access<p>Psychomotor Performance in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome</p>
Author(s) -
Linda Lušić Kalcina,
Ivana Pavlinac Dodig,
Renata Pecotić,
Maja Valić,
Zoran Đogaš
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nature and science of sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1179-1608
DOI - 10.2147/nss.s234310
Subject(s) - obstructive sleep apnea , medicine , psychomotor learning , polysomnography , epworth sleepiness scale , audiology , psychomotor vigilance task , physical therapy , sleep deprivation , apnea , pediatrics , anesthesia , cognition , psychiatry
Determinants of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are hypoxemia and hypercapnia, as well as (micro) arousals from sleep, resulting in chronic sleep fragmentation, sleep deprivation, and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). All of the above-mentioned factors might contribute to psychomotor impairment seen in OSA patients. Additionally, this study aimed to assess the contribution of BMI, age, EDS assessed with Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), and severity of OSA assessed with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) to the reaction time on chronometric tests in OSA patients and controls. It is hypothesized that moderate and severe OSA have adverse effects on reaction time of perception to visual stimulus, of solving simple arithmetic operations, and of psychomotor limbs coordination assessed by chronometric psychodiagnostic test battery.