Sleep duration, snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness of adult patients followed in a dental consultation

• Autor(a) principal: Meira e Cruz, Miguel Gonçalves
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Salvado e Silva, Francisco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Odontologia
• Texto Completo: https://revista.aborj.org.br/index.php/rbo/article/view/333
• topic: MEDICINA DENTÁRIA (ODONTOLOGIA); Sono, queixas de sono, sonolência, privação de sono, roncopatia, medicina oral do sono, Distúrbios do Sono; Distúrbios do Sono

The purpose of this investigation was to study the sleep duration and prevalence of snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness of adults followed in a dental consultation. The prevalence of subjective sleepiness and snoring was 24,5% and 49,1%, respectively with 56,6% of patients presenting with excessive weight (BMI>24,9 Kg/m2). Sleepiness was more frequent within the groups of snorers (30,8%) and of patients with excessive weight (26,6%) than the group of non-snorers (18,5%) and without excessive weight (21,7%). The prevalence of snoring was 35,9% in patients with excessive weight and 13,2% in those without excessive weight. We concluded that in this population there is a high prevalence of sleep-related problems without previous evaluation.