J Sleep Med.  2015 Dec;12(2):53-58. 10.13078/jsm.15010.

Electrophysiological Characteristics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome with Insomnia: Polysomnography and Cardiopulmonary Coupling Analysis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Center, Samsung Medical Center, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ejoo@skku.edu

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
To characterize sleep of subjects with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) with insomnia compared to OSA without insomnia in terms of polysomnography (PSG) and cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC) analysis.
METHODS
Subjects with OSA (apnea-hypopnea index, AHI > or =5 /h, n=200) were enrolled and divided into subjects OSA with insomnia (OSA-I) and subjects with OSA only (OSA-O). OSA-I complained of difficulty falling and/or staying asleep at an initial interview in clinic. We compared demographics including mood states, daytime sleepiness, PSG, and CPC parameters between groups, and performed correlation analyses between PSG and CPC parameters for each group.
RESULTS
Female ratio was higher in OSA-I than OSA-O. OSA-I were older and slimmer than OSA-O. OSA-O were much drowsier (Epworth Sleepiness Scale 10.0 vs. 6.8). However, mood states were not different between two groups. OSA-I showed significantly longer sleep latency and lower sleep efficiency than OSA-O. Despite of higher arousal index (AI) and AHI of OSA-O, wakefulness after sleep onset was greater in OSA-I. There was no significant difference of CPC parameters between two groups after adjustment of AHI. In correlation analyses, low frequency coupling and high frequency coupling duration were associated with AHI, AI, and lowest SaO2 in both groups.
CONCLUSIONS
OSA-I demonstrated more fragmented sleep architecture and disruptive sleep in spite of lower sleep-disordered breathing related distress than OSA-O. CPC analysis is unable to differentiate sleep patterns of OSA subjects with or without insomnia. It is needed to explore factors causing fragmented sleep architecture and disruptive sleep rather than respiratory disturbances in OSA subjects complaining of insomnia.

Keyword

OSA; Insomnia; Polysomnography; Cardiopulmonary coupling

MeSH Terms

Arousal
Demography
Female
Humans
Polysomnography*
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive*
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Wakefulness
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