Awareness and knowledge of obstructive sleep apnea among the general population |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Internal Medicine Residency, National University Health System, Singapore;2. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore;3. Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore;4. Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore;5. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Jurong Health Services, 1 Jurong East Street 21, 609606, Singapore;1. Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany;2. Division of Pediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;1. Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;2. Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;1. Service de pneumologie, CHU de Brazzaville, B.P. 32, Brazzaville, Congo;2. Faculté des sciences de la santé, université Marien-Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo;3. Service d’ORL, CHU de Brazzaville, B.P. 32, Brazzaville, Congo;4. Service de pneumologie, CHU Yalgado-Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;1. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand;2. Department of Women''s & Children''s Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand;3. WellSleep, Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand;1. Center for Investigation and Research in Sleep, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;2. Pulmonary Department, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;3. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;4. Laboratory Department, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;5. Psychiatry Department, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;6. Pulmonary Medicine Department, University Hospital of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada;7. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;8. Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;9. University of Southern California San Diego, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, La Jolla, CA, USA;1. Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King Saud Medical Centre, Children''s Hospital, Box 84350, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia;2. The University Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine College of Medicine, King Saud University, Box 225503, 11324 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an increasingly prevalent condition that remains largely undiagnosed. We aimed to assess the level of awareness and knowledge of OSA among the general population.MethodsThe Singapore Health 2 was a population-based study that comprised interview and health screening components. Out of 2720 subjects who completed the interview component, 2080 subjects gave consent for further health surveys. We contacted these subjects and conducted a structured telephone interview.ResultsWe completed 1306 telephone interviews (response rate 62.8%). Two hundred and eighty-one (21.5%) respondents were aware of OSA, but only 170 (13.0%) respondents could define OSA correctly. A total of 77 (5.9%), 158 (12.1%), 150 (11.5%) and 110 (8.4%) respondents were able to correctly list at least one risk factor, symptom, health consequence and treatment options for OSA, respectively. The most common sources of information about OSA were traditional media such as newspapers (42.0%), internet (14.2%) or relatives and friends (14.6%). On multivariate analysis, respondents were more likely to define OSA correctly if they were older (≥61years), (odds ratio of 2.99, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.66–5.41), were Chinese as compared to Indians (odds ratio 2.63, 95% CI: 1.46–4.72), had higher levels of income (odds ratio 2.18, 95% CI 1.16–4.10) and post-secondary education (odds ratio 2.87, 95% CI: 1.28–6.45).ConclusionAwareness and knowledge of OSA among the general population is currently poor. The effectiveness of ongoing health education campaigns to increase awareness should be monitored by examining temporal trends in public knowledge of sleep apnea. |
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