Adamou Anastasia, Giannopoulos Athanasios-Stefanos, Arvaniti Christina, Belios Ioannis, Dalampira Dimitra, Eleftheriadis Georgios, Zinoviou Thomai, Kassas Petros, Vavougios George D, Hatzoglou Chrissi, Gourgoulianis Konstantinos I, Zarogiannis Sotirios G
Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Department of Physiology - Larissa - Thessaly - Greece.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Department of Respiratory Medicine - Larissa - Thessaly - Greece.
Sleep Sci. 2022 Jan-Mar;15(Spec 1):105-109. doi: 10.5935/1984-0063.20220009.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is a chronic disease that significantly increases morbidity and mortality of the affected population. There is lack of data concerning the OSAS prevalence in the insular part of Greece. The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-reported prevalence of OSAS in 4 Greek insular complexes comprising 41 islands, and to assess the awareness of the population regarding OSAS and its diagnosis. Our study comprised 700 participants from 41 islands of the Ionian, Cyclades, Dodecanese and Northeast Aegean island complexes that were studied by means of questionnaires via a telephone randomized survey (responsiveness rate of 25.74%). Participants were assessed by the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) for evaluation of OSA risk, by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) for evaluation of excessive daytime sleepiness, and by 3 questions regarding the knowledge and diagnosis of OSAS. The percentage of participants at high risk according to BQ was 27.29% and the percentage of people who were at high risk according to ESS was 15.43%. A percentage of 6.29% of the population was at high risk for OSAS (high risk both in BQ and ESS). A high percentage of 73.43%, were aware of OSAS as a syndrome however a significantly less percentage (28.00%) was aware of how a diagnosis of OSAS is established. The community prevalence of OSAS in Greek islands in combination with the low-level awareness of the OSAS diagnostic methods highlights the need for development of health promotion programs aiming at increasing the detection of patients at risk while increasing the awareness of OSAS.
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征（OSAS）是一种慢性疾病，会显著增加患病人群的发病率和死亡率。目前缺乏关于希腊岛屿地区OSAS患病率的数据。本研究的目的是调查希腊4个岛屿群（共41个岛屿）中自我报告的OSAS患病率，并评估人群对OSAS及其诊断的知晓情况。我们的研究包括来自爱奥尼亚群岛、基克拉泽斯群岛、多德卡尼斯群岛和东北爱琴海岛屿群41个岛屿的700名参与者，通过电话随机调查的问卷方式进行研究（应答率为25.74%）。通过柏林问卷（BQ）评估参与者患OSA的风险，通过爱泼沃斯嗜睡量表（ESS）评估日间过度嗜睡情况，并通过3个关于OSAS知识和诊断的问题进行评估。根据BQ，高风险参与者的比例为27.29%，根据ESS，高风险人群的比例为15.43%。6.29%的人群存在OSAS高风险（BQ和ESS均为高风险）。73.43%的高比例人群知晓OSAS是一种综合征，但知晓OSAS诊断方法的比例显著较低（28.00%）。希腊岛屿地区OSAS的社区患病率以及对OSAS诊断方法的低知晓率凸显了制定健康促进项目的必要性，旨在增加对高危患者的检测，同时提高对OSAS的认识。
