1. Snoring was related to self-reported daytime sleepiness and tiredness in young adults performing compulsory conscript service.
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Orjatsalo M, Toppila J, Heimola M, Tuisku K, Simola P, Ämmälä AJ, Räisänen P, Parkkola K, Paunio T, and Alakuijala A
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- Humans, Male, Young Adult, Adolescent, Adult, Self Report, Sleepiness, Sleep Deprivation complications, Fatigue epidemiology, Fatigue complications, Surveys and Questionnaires, Snoring complications, Snoring epidemiology, Disorders of Excessive Somnolence diagnosis
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Study Objectives: In young adults performing compulsory military service, fatigue and somnolence are common and presumably associated with objective or self-reported sleep deprivation. We aimed to find out whether objective sleep parameters from ambulatory polysomnography could explain their self-reported tiredness and sleepiness and whether habits were associated with sleep parameters or tiredness., Methods: Seventy (67 male, age 18-24 years) participants had their sleep assessed with polysomnography. Their self-reported symptoms and demographic data were obtained from online survey including Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Beck's Depression Inventory, items from Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire, Internet Addiction Scale, and lifestyle questions., Results: Snoring (audio recording, percentage of total sleep time) was associated with self-reported sleepiness ( P = .010) and tiredness ( P = .030) and snoring seemed to, partially, explain sleepiness ( P = .029). Twenty-six percent of the conscripts had self-reported sleep deprivation (mismatch between reported need for sleep and reported sleep). Self-reported sleep deprivation was significantly associated with somnolence ( P = .016) and fatigue ( P = .026). Smartphone usage, both average time ( P = .022) and frequency of usage ( P = .0093) before bedtime, was associated with shorter total sleep time. On average, objective sleep time was rather short (7 hours, 6 minutes), sleep efficiency high (94.9%), proportion of N3 sleep high (27.7%), and sleep latency brief (9 minutes)-suggesting that many of the conscripts might have chronic partial sleep deprivation., Conclusions: Snoring might predispose to tiredness in presumably healthy young adults. Conscripts may have partial sleep deprivation., Citation: Orjatsalo M, Toppila J, Heimola M, et al. Snoring was related to self-reported daytime sleepiness and tiredness in young adults performing compulsory conscript service. J Clin Sleep Med . 2023;19(2):243-251., (© 2023 American Academy of Sleep Medicine.)
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- 2023
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