May 2019

Arousal perception/misperception and total sleep time misperception in subjects with sleep disorders

Limited studies have examined arousal perception in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or other sleep disorders. The aim of this study is to evaluate the factors that affect patients’ arousal and total sleep time perception. This is a retrospective study of 210 subjects divided into 5 groups: Primary insomnia; upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS)/primary snoring; mild, moderate and severe OSA. Perceived arousals...

Author(s): Zinobia Khan, Moses Bachan, Pahnwat Taweesdt, Manaswenne Rath, Dinesh Kumar, Robert Siegel, Stephen Lund and Jon Freeman