Department of Neurology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Cheongwon, Korea.
J Clin Neurol. 2014 Jan;10(1):42-9. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2014.10.1.42. Epub 2014 Jan 6.
A population-based door-to-door study of cross-sectional methods for assessing the prevalence and factors related to a high risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was conducted using the Korean version of the Berlin Questionnaire (K-BQ).
Pooled data collected from Community Health Surveys by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention were analyzed. Of 8,140 respondents from the population, 7,955 were finally included in this study.
Of the 7,955 included subjects, 15.7% of the men and 9.8% of the women were at high risk of OSA. Significant differences were found in the following factors between the subjects with a high risk of OSA: gender, age, marital status, educational level, occupation, and presence of smoking, harmful alcohol use, and chronic diseases. Male sex, harmful alcohol use, and the presence of chronic diseases were identified as factors independently associated with a high risk of OSA.
This is the first study to confirm the usefulness of the K-BQ to study the prevalence of OSA in the Korean general population. The findings demonstrate that harmful alcohol use and chronic diseases are very common characteristics among those with a high risk of OSA.
本研究采用韩国版柏林问卷（K-BQ）对横断面方法评估阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）高危人群的患病率及相关因素进行了一项基于人群的入户研究。
本研究分析了韩国疾病预防控制中心通过社区健康调查收集的汇总数据。在该人群中，最终纳入了 8140 名应答者中的 7955 名进行分析。
在纳入的 7955 名受试者中，15.7%的男性和 9.8%的女性存在 OSA 高危风险。在 OSA 高危风险的受试者中，以下因素存在显著差异：性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育程度、职业、吸烟、有害饮酒和慢性疾病的存在。男性、有害饮酒和慢性疾病是与 OSA 高危风险独立相关的因素。
这是第一项研究，证实了 K-BQ 用于研究韩国普通人群 OSA 患病率的有用性。研究结果表明，有害饮酒和慢性疾病是 OSA 高危人群的常见特征。
