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Personality profiles in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

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Abstract

Objective

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) responses between snorers and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be different. Thus, we compared the MMPI responses between snorers and OSA.

Design

A clinical-based cross-sectional survey.

Participants

This is a survey of 94 treatment-naive sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) subjects.

Method

Clinical information, body mass index (BMI), 36-item Short Form Health Survey, the Turkish version of the MMPI, Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), fatigue scale, attention-deficit scale, and polysomnography were collected. All patients with OSA and snorers was accepted as individuals with SDB (AHI > 0 events/h). The threshold of five apnea and hypopnea per hour of sleep was chosen to define both OSA and snorers. Disability profile is consisting of four or more MMPI clinical scale elevations.

Results

OSA patients compared to snorers have significantly higher absolute scores on hypochondriasis (Hs) (65.0 ± 12.0 vs 58.4 ± 7.9, p = 0.01, respectively). OSA patients compared to snorers have significantly higher rate of clinical elevation on both psychopathic deviance (13.0 vs 0 %, p = 0.03, respectively) and Hs (26.1 vs 3.3 %, p = 0.01, respectively).

People with disability profile has lower the quality of life, a higher score for inattention, a higher fatigue scores, and higher sleepiness scores. The quality of life and attention deficit and daytime sleepiness scores were associated with total MMPI absolute score in individuals with SDB in bivariate analyses.

Conclusion

Present study indicated that patients with OSAS compared to snorers displayed significantly more hyopchondriasis and psychopathic deviance personality characteristics. The daytime functions in individuals with sleep-disordered breathing may be influenced by the severity of psychopathology.

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  1. Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, Ziya Gökalp Cad. Fabrikalar Mah. Umut Sitesi D blok. Daire: 1, 07100, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Aydanur Ekici, Mehmet Ekici, Dilay Çimen & Erol Senturk

  2. Department of Psychiatry Diseases, Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Ömer Oğuztürk

  3. Department of Psychiatry Diseases, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Ekici, A., Ekici, M., Oğuztürk, Ö. et al. Personality profiles in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Breath 17, 305–310 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-012-0691-5

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