Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk Factors in Patıents with Type 2 Dıabetes in Turkey

Abstract

The study was conducted to unveil the relation between the risk of sleep apnea and risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adult patients. The sample consisted of 228 patients with type 2 diabetes. It was found out that the patients had diabetes for 10.93±7.30 years on average, 47.4% received insulin treatment and 89.5% had no history of sleep apnea in their family. Results revealed that 58.8% of the patients had a high risk for sleep apnea, those belonging to the male gender increased the obstructive sleep apnea risk by 4-fold compared to the female gender, and a unit increase in the body mass index increased the obstructive sleep apnea risk by 1.1-fold. It was also found that having hypertension increased the risk of obstructive sleep apnea by 5-fold and the patients who experienced excessive daytime sleepiness had 11.2 times higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea.

Keywords

• diabetes
• nursing care
• obstructive sleep apnea
• sleep apnea