NCT02839499

Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Residents of a Unit of Long-term Care Under Mixed Food

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that affects 40% to 62% of the population aged over 60 years with major consequences especially on the cardiovascular system. This syndrome consists of a staff of the pharyngeal muscles. These muscles are also involved in swallowing phenomena and chews, or many elderly patients are subjected to a mixed diet, logically leading to atrophy of the muscles aerodigestive crossroads. Muscle wasting ENT induced a mixed food could promote collapsibility of VAS, exposing the individual to a higher risk of apnea and hypopnea during sleep. The objective of this study is to determine if there is a significant increase in the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in the elderly patients residing in long term care units, receiving a mixed food compared to residents in supply to normal texture.

Conditions

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	RU sleeping®	Each patient included in the study has a test by RU-sleeping. The diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome will be asked for an index of respiratory events estimated as greater than or equal to 10.
OTHER	autonomy scale (ADL and AGGIR)	autonomy data
OTHER	various activity scale (IADL)	activity of life data

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-15
• Primary completion: 2017-03-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2016-07-21
• Last updated: 2019-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France