首先看看患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的妇女的童年虐待情况
Amrita Pal1, Fernando Martinez1, Jennifer Wagman2
1UCLA School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
概括
儿童性虐待在患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的女性中更为常见. 体重指数介于儿童身体虐待幸存者的OSA风险,表明创伤创伤.
科学领域:
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
- 肥胖问题研究研究
背景情况:
- 儿童性虐待与肥胖有关,肥胖是阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的危险因素.
- 了解创伤对OSA的影响对于妇女健康至关重要.
- 肥胖可能会调解创伤和OSA之间的关系.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童性虐待与女性OSA之间的关联.
- 确定肥胖是否调解了童年创伤和OSA之间的关系.
- 探索童年创伤对OSA风险的潜在生理影响.
主要方法:
- 一个更大的项目的二次分析,涉及21名患有OSA的妇女和21名对照.
- 使用早期创伤清单自我报告简单表格 (ETISR-SF) 来评估创伤类别.
- 采用独立样本t测试,多重回归和索贝尔测试来分析创伤,BMI和OSA关系.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,患有OSA的妇女在儿童性虐待的发生率是2.4倍 (p=0.02).
- 体重指数 (BMI) 显著介导了儿童身体虐待幸存者的OSA预测 (p=0.02).
- 两组之间在其他创伤得分上没有发现显著差异.
结论:
- 儿童性虐待在被诊断为OSA的妇女中更为常见.
- 体重指数调解了与童年身体虐待相关的OSA风险,但不是性虐待.
- 这项研究表明,潜在的生理途径将童年创伤与女性的OSA联系起来.
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