Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pain Intensity in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Prior research studies on the association of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and pain intensity have examined older patients; there is a need to understand the relationship between OSA and pain intensity among younger adults.Objectives: To examine whether young adults with diagnosed OSA are more likely to report higher pain intensity compared with those without OSA.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn veterans who had at least one visit to a Veterans Health Administration primary care clinic between 2001 and 2014. OSA was identified using one inpatient or two outpatient International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes from electroni

SUBMITTER: Athar W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640622 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature