Research Letter: Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Disease Duration on Neuropsychological Functioning After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Veterans Affairs TBI Model Systems Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) disease duration and cognitive functioning in those with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). We hypothesized that longer OSA duration would predict poorer cognitive performance.

Setting

Inpatient brain injury units at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center.

Participants

Participants in the VA TBI Model Systems multicenter longitudinal study who enrolled in a modular substudy (April 15, 2018, to January 15, 2021) examining cognition following TBI. All participants had received inpatient rehabilitation for TBI and reported a diagnosis of OSA ( n = 89, mean age = 40.8 years, 97% male, 81% White). Reported duration of OSA ranged from 2 to 7 years (mean = 4.2; SD = 3.9).

SUBMITTER: Silva MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249369 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature