Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Hypertensive Patients: The Role of Major Depressive Disorder.

ABSTRACT: There is a special relationship between major depressive disorder and excessive daytime sleepiness. However, given the negative impact of excessive daytime sleepiness on life quality and cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive patients, the objective of this study was to investigate the potential role played by major depressive disorder in the occurrence of this complaint for this particular subpopulation. Data from 1404 hypertensive patients recruited from the Sleep Unit's polysomnographic recordings database were analyzed. A score >10 on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale was used to define excessive daytime sleepiness in this study. Logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the risk of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with major depressive disorder in hypertensive patie

SUBMITTER: Younes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11394253 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature