中高年韓国人における閉塞性睡眠時無呼吸リスクとストレスとの関連
Do Heon Lim1, Min Soo Kim1, Gyeong Min Lee2
1Department of Health Administration, College of Health Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Journal of health psychology
|December 31, 2025
まとめ
閉塞性睡眠時無呼吸(OSA)のリスクがある人は、ストレスレベルが高い傾向があります。これは、OSAの予防と治療においてメンタルヘルスに取り組むことの重要性を強調しています。
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 睡眠医学
- 心理学
背景:
- 閉塞性睡眠時無呼吸(OSA)は、重大な身体的および精神的健康の併存疾患と関連しています。
- 包括的な患者ケアのために、OSAリスクとストレスのような心理的要因との関係を理解することは非常に重要です。
研究 の 目的:
- 韓国の成人集団における閉塞性睡眠時無呼吸(OSA)のリスクと知覚されたストレスレベルとの関連を調査すること。
- OSAリスクが知覚されたストレスの独立した予測因子であるかどうかを判断すること。
主な方法:
- 2019年の韓国の成人3689人を対象とした全国調査データを利用しました。
- STOP-Bang質問票を使用してOSAリスクを評価しました。
- 自己申告アンケートを通じて知覚されたストレスを測定しました。
主要な成果:
- OSAのリスクがある人のかなりの割合(29.6%)が高ストレスを報告したのに対し、リスクのない人では16.2%でした(OR = 1.85、p < 0.0001)。
- OSAリスクと知覚されたストレスとの関連は、潜在的な交絡因子を調整した後も有意なままでした。
- 職種は、OSAリスクに関連するストレスレベルにおいて、統計的に有意な差因子として現れませんでした。
結論:
- 閉塞性睡眠時無呼吸のリスクが高い人は、ストレスを経験していると報告する可能性が有意に高いです。
- この調査結果は、OSAのリスクがある人の管理に、特にストレス評価を含むメンタルヘルス評価を統合することの重要性を強調しています。
- ストレスはOSAの併存疾患である可能性があり、予防および治療戦略においてその考慮が必要です。
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