{"id":17198,"date":"2021-11-14T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csrsommets.ca\/uncategorized\/sleep-apnea-and-its-impact-on-quality-of-life\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:25:53","slug":"sleep-apnea-and-its-impact-on-quality-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/sleep-apnea\/sleep-apnea-and-its-impact-on-quality-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Apnea and Its Impact on Quality of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep apnea leads to a decline in quality of life due to the severity of certain symptoms:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Drowsiness<\/li>\n\n<li>Chronic fatigue<\/li>\n\n<li>Loss of vitality<\/li>\n\n<li>Mood disorders, irritability<\/li>\n\n<li>Memory and concentration issues<\/li>\n\n<li>Libido disorders<\/li><\/ul><p>Experiencing these symptoms daily can significantly affect various aspects of social life, including professional activities, social relationships, emotional regulation, and even relationship management. Studies have also shown that a partner\u2019s quality of life is often deteriorated as well.* Implementing a treatment can greatly improve the quality of life for both the individual with sleep apnea and their partner.<\/p><p><strong>Risk of Depression<\/strong><\/p><p>Sleep apnea and depression share many common symptoms. A depressive episode can sometimes mask undiagnosed sleep apnea. In fact, there is a cause-and-effect link between the two conditions.* In one out of five cases, sleep apnea symptoms can lead to depression. Treating sleep apnea has been shown to significantly improve depressive symptoms. A study conducted among 350 individuals currently using positive airway pressure therapy found that 22% of women were experiencing depression at the time of their sleep apnea diagnosis.*<\/p><p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-small-font-size\">(8) Lacasse Y et al. Eur Respir J 2002, 19 (3) : 499-503 \/ (9) Parish JM et al, Chest 2003, 124(3) :942-7 \/ (10) Peppard PE et al, Arch Intern Med 2006 ; 18 ; 166(16) :1709-15 \/ (11) Ohayon MM, J Clin Psychiatry 2003, 64 (10) :1195-200 \/ (12) Schwartz DJ et al. J Clin Sleep Med 2007 15 ; 3(6):631-5 \/ Lindberg E, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164(11):2031-5 \/ (13) Survey conducted by FFAAIR among 350 patients interviewed from October to December 2008<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep apnea leads to a decline in quality of life due to the severity of certain symptoms: Experiencing these symptoms daily can significantly affect various aspects of social life, including professional activities, social relationships, emotional regulation, and even relationship management. Studies have also shown that a partner\u2019s quality of life is often deteriorated as well.* [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep-apnea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.csrsommets.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}