Department of Public Health, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Public Health, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Sleep Health. 2024 Feb;10(1S):S191-S193. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.06.002. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
To examine the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure for improving the sleep of all individuals residing in a temporary shelter.
Workers at a nuclear power plant using a gymnasium as temporary shelter were divided into two groups: 15 workers with obstructive sleep apnea received continuous positive airway pressure treatment, and 107 workers without obstructive sleep apnea received no treatment. We assessed subjective sleepiness among the workers with obstructive sleep apnea before and after continuous positive airway pressure treatment, and evaluated insomnia in all workers before and after workers with obstructive sleep apnea were given continuous positive airway pressure treatment.
Workers who received continuous positive airway pressure treatment reported significantly improved subjective sleepiness, but did not experience a significant change in insomnia symptoms. However, workers without obstructive sleep apnea reported significant improvements in their insomnia symptoms following the treatment of workers with obstructive sleep apnea.
Using continuous positive airway pressure to treat workers with obstructive sleep apnea residing in temporary shelters may help prevent adverse health consequences from insomnia among other individuals sleeping nearby.
研究持续气道正压通气对改善临时住所内所有个体睡眠的效果。
将核电厂的工作人员（使用体育馆作为临时住所）分为两组：15 名阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者接受持续气道正压通气治疗，107 名无阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者未接受治疗。我们评估了阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者接受持续气道正压通气治疗前后的主观嗜睡程度，并在为阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者提供持续气道正压通气治疗前后评估了所有工人的失眠情况。
接受持续气道正压通气治疗的患者报告称主观嗜睡程度明显改善，但失眠症状无明显变化。然而，无阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的患者报告称，在为阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者提供治疗后，他们的失眠症状有了显著改善。
在临时住所中使用持续气道正压通气治疗阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者，可能有助于预防附近其他睡眠者因失眠而产生的不良健康后果。
