Risk analysis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in military police officers in northern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Bentes Horta, Carlos Adriano
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Flexa Ribeiro Horta, Danielle, Pimentel Oliveira, Renata, Corrêa Flexa Ribeiro, Karina, Gomes da Silva Junior, Manoel, Vieira da Silva Gomes, Carlos Eduardo, Fonseca, Ricardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/231
• topic: Sono, Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono, Medicina do Sono, Privação do Sono.; Sleep, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Sleep Medicine, Sleep Deprivation.; Sueño, apnea obstructiva del sueño, medicina del sueño, privación del sueño.

Introduction: The work of the military police can increase sleep deprivation and trigger chances of car accidents, injuries caused by chases in environments without lighting, wrong approaches and fatalities in confrontations with firearms or decay in the performance of work. Objective: The objective of this study is to report the prevalence of risk for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and daytime sleepiness among MPs in the metropolitan region of Belém, in the state of Pará. Methods: This was a pilot cross-sectional study, which used 80 PMs working in the state of Pará, northern Brazil to answer 3 digitized questionnaires. The questionnaires were applied by the google forms platform and the first questionnaire was about epidemiological questions, the second was the STOP-Bang questionnaire (QSB), the third was the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and the static analysis was performed by relative frequency and absolute.Results: 6 individuals who had both intermediate risk and risk of daytime sleepiness, with the most prevalent patents for this event to occur were in decreasing order: cable; sergeant, captain and major. Another 5 individuals presented more alarming cases of high risk for OSAS regarding the risk of daytime sleepiness and, as mentioned above, the most prevalent patents for this occurrence were Corporal; sergeant and captain. Conclusion: We conclude that despite the small sample size, a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea was identified in military police officers working on a night shift or scale when compared to the general population of the study.