EVALUATION OF NEURO-COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN PATIENT WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME

Abstract
Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a disease that causes recurrent episodes of apnea, disrupting sleep integrity, significantly impairing functionality and causing neuropsychiatric disorders. In our study, it was aimed to determine whether there is a relationship between theseverity of OSAS and anxiety and depression and the cognitive dysfunction that may occur due to OSAS and the neuropsychiatric exposure levels of the patients.
Methods: The study was performed prospectively. Apnea hypopnea index (AHI) results were determined by polysomnography (PSG). Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) and Trail Making Test were applied to patients with OSAS to determine the ir neuropsychiatric conditions. Findings were evaluated using descriptive statistical methods.
Results: 45 patients were included in the study. There was no statistically significant relationship between AHI score and anxiety and depression in the patients included in thestudy (p> 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between AHI scores and Trace A and Trace B durations, Trace A andTrace B errorrates (p> 0.05). While there was no statistically significant difference between the presence of anxiety and the durations of Trace A and Trace B and the rates of Trace A error (p> 0.05), the rates of Trace B error were statistically significantly different (p = 0.035). There was no statistically significant difference between the presence of depression and the duration of Trace A and B, and the rates of Trace A and B error (p> 0.05).
Conclusions: The rates of making trace B errors in anxiety cases are higher in patients with OSAS compared to cases without anxiety. However, with the present findings, more studies are needed to determine whether cognitive dysfunction in patients with OSAS causes a change in the perception of anxiety and depression symptoms in this patient population.

Keywords
OSAS, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Anxiety, Depression

Cite this paper
Aydın Kant, Hacer Kuzu Okur, Zerrin Pelin, Hatice Türker, EVALUATION OF NEURO-COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN PATIENT WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME , SCIREA Journal of Clinical Medicine. Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2021 | PP. 76-85. 10.54647/cm32442

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