Prevalence of the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrom in patients at general practitioners with first diagnosis of arterial hypertensio

• Conditions: I10; G47.31; Essential (primary) hypertension

• Registration Number: DRKS00005634
• Lead Sponsor: Institut für Hausarztmedizin Bonn

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2014-05-07
• Study Start: 2014-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with elevated RR values ??(> 140/90) on two different days in the GP practice and the lack of blood pressure therapy

Exclusion Criteria

malignant disease, pregnancy, antihypertensive treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Presence of sleep apnea syndrome in ambulatory measurement with the SOMNOcheck effort Weinmann.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
On the day of the sleep apnea screening, the patient received two questionnaires: the Epworth Loveliness Scale (ESS) for the detection of daytime sleepiness and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which detects the quality of sleep in the last four weeks.