NCT03885440

Age and Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Age and Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Clinical Features and Outcomes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 3,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

By clinical record review, this retrospective study aims to compare the different age groups of patients with obstructive sleep apnea, who were diagnosed and treated in Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.

Detailed description

This retrospective study aims to compare the characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Patients with sleep problem and received a prior polysomnography at Taipei Veterans General Hospital during Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2017 will be enrolled. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined by an apnea-hypopnea index(AHI) at least 5/hr with compatible symptoms. Their clinical record will be reviewed and data including demography, polysomnography, comorbidities and details related to upper airway structure will be collected. The charactereistics would be compared with Student's t tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, or Chi square tests if appropriated.

Conditions

• OSA
• Age Problem

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Age	Age\<40 years old is chosen as the cutoff value.
OTHER	OSA	The diagnosis of OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) relies on polysomnographic data showing an apnea-hypopnea index at least 5/hr with compatible symptoms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-08
• Primary completion: 2019-06-30
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2019-03-21
• Last updated: 2019-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan