Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and the Association With Cognitive Impairment

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cognitive Impairment; Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04658290

SleepBrain_2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is aimed to carry out an epidemiology study investigating the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the association with cognitive impairment.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 74 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have stability of at least 4 weeks on permitted medications (i.e. medications known not to affect sleep architecture or circadian rhythms).

Exclusion criteria

• Suspected dementia or a score of <24 on the mini-mental state examination
• A diagnosis of neurological disorders (e.g. Parkinson's Disease, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis)
• Psychiatric disorders including current major depression; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia
• Other known clinically significant sleep disorders (e.g. narcolepsy)
• Been currently receiving CPAP or bi-level pressure for OSA