One Year of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Improves Cognition in Older Adults With Mild Apnea and Mild Cognitive Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mild cognitive impairment frequently represents a predementia stage of Alzheimer's disease. Although obstructive sleep apnea is increasingly recognized as a common comorbidity of mild cognitive impairment, most apnea research has focused on middle-aged adults with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea. Mild obstructive sleep apnea, defined as 5-14 apneas or hypopneas per hour slept, is common in older adults. Little is known about the effect on cognition of adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in older adults with mild obstructive sleep apnea and mild cognitive impairment.

Objective

The objective of this study was to explore the effect of CPAP adherence on cognition in older adults with mild obstructive

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7212768 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature