Exploring SLEEPINESS through home monitoring with ultra-long-term subcutaneous EEG and ecological momentary assessment in sleepy treatment naive obstructive sleep apnea patients starting CPAP treatment-A study protocol article.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a key symptom for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Despite important limitations in the longitudinal monitoring of EDS, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test, and the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) are the best available objective tests to predict EDS. Limited information exists on the day-to-day fluctuations of sleepiness symptoms from the everyday life perspective of OSA patients. The most feared is sudden sleep episodes that cause traffic accidents. The following study protocol investigates the novel possibilities of ultra-long-term Electroencephalography (EEG) (ULT-EEG) home monitoring in sleepy OSA patients with a subcutaneous implant. We hypothesize that the high-frequency tes

SUBMITTER: Sarkez-Knudsen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713844 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature