Sleep apnea as a cause of sleep misperception in elderly insomnia patients

Conclusions: The finding that elderly insomnia patients with sleep misperception have more severe OSA, independently of sleepiness, warrants future research on the participation of OSA severity in the mechanisms of sleep misperception.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 6, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Silveira da Silva Bueno, K., Ferreira Martins, E., Facco Piccin, C., Schenkel Kaminski, R., Pacheco da Silva, R., Kraide Fischer, M., Ricardo Zibetti, M., Uribe Ramos, J., Garcia Oliveira, P., Neves Giordani, J., de Brito Lopes, B., da silva Rodrigues, L. Tags: Sleep and Control of Breathing Source Type: research