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H Suzuki¹, K Moriguchi, M Matsuura

¹Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. hiroyuki@kk.catr.ne.jp

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

|February 24, 2001

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The two nap sleep test (TNST) was developed and its usefulness for detecting sleepiness in long-distance drivers has been reported. This study's authors attempted to apply the TNST as a clinical test of sleepiness. A normal control group (n = 29), an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) group (n = 9), and another sleep disorder group (n = 6) participated. As a result of polysomnography, the sleep latency and sleep time did not differ among the groups. In contrast, the frequency of micro-arousal and movement arousal was significantly higher in the OSAS group than in the other groups. The TNST is thought to be useful for evaluating disturbance of sleep maintenance.

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