Open AccessCAN EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE BE A PREDICTOR OF COGNITIVE DEFICT IN A COGNITIVE SCREENING TEST IN A COHORT OF ELDERLY FREE OF CLINICALLY MANIFEST VASCULAR BRAIN DISEASE
Author(s) -
Marta Ferreira de Carvalho,
Maria Cecília Trindade,
Wladimir M. Freitas,
Andrei C. Spósito
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1980-5764.rpda069
Subject(s) - epworth sleepiness scale , medicine , logistic regression , obstructive sleep apnea , cohort , population , geriatric depression scale , cognition , physical therapy , apnea , psychiatry , polysomnography , depressive symptoms , environmental health
Background: The Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is highly prevalent among the elderly and relevant due to its cognitive impact. Objective: To evaluate an association between cognitive impairment (CI) and the presence of OSAS as assessed by the Mini Mental (MM) scale and the Ephorth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) in a population of octogens free from overt cerebral vascular disease (CVD). Methods: 137 individuals were selected. The study was approved by the ethics committee. Categorical variables were evaluated as percentages, continuous variables with normal distribution as mean ± SD and non-parametric variables as median. The subjects were not categorized into the presence or absence of CI according to the score on the MM scale according to education. In a multivariate binary logistic regression model with dependent variable CI, independent variables were incorporated according to the clinic and whether they were associated with CI in the bivariate models. All independent variables were defined in the model. Results: There was an association between high probability of OSAS by ESS and CI by MM. X2(1) = 5.34 p = 0.021. Conclusions: There was an association between high scores on the ESS and the presence of CI at the MM, even compatible for age, BMI, gender, coronary calcification, blood pressure.