The Impact of Antidepressants on the Risk of Developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan | Zendy

ChingEn Lin | Zendy; ChiHsiang Chung | Zendy; LiFen Chen | Zendy; WuChien Chien | Zendy; PoHan Chou | Zendy

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The Impact of Antidepressants on the Risk of Developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan

Author(s) -

ChingEn Lin,

ChiHsiang Chung,

LiFen Chen,

WuChien Chien,

PoHan Chou

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7910

Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , posttraumatic stress , cohort , psychiatry , cohort study , sleep (system call) , sleep apnea , computer science , operating system

The association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported inconsistently, and the association between antidepressant use and the risk of developing OSA in patients with PTSD has not been previously studied. Therefore, we used the Longitudinal National Health Insurance Database (LHID) to investigate the impact of PTSD and antidepressant use on the risk of OSA development.

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