通过种族和种族来描述睡眠呼吸障碍:表型,风险和临床影响:第二部分
Alcibiades J Rodriguez1, Omonigho M Bubu2, Ricardo S Osorio3
1NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center, New York, NY 10016, USA; Neurology Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Sleep medicine clinics
|February 20, 2026
概括
对于非裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人来说,正气道压力 (PAP) 的坚持程度较低. 解决误解和改善沟通是改善不同人群阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 治疗的关键.
科学领域:
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 健康差距 研究 研究 研究 研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 与白人相比,非洲裔美国人和潜在的西班牙裔人中,正气道压力 (PAP) 的坚持明显较低.
- 在这些人口群体中,获得替代性睡眠呼吸暂停治疗的机会也受到限制.
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 在非洲裔美国人,西班牙裔美国人和亚裔美国人社区的儿童中患病率更高.
研究的目的:
- 审查积极气道压力 (PAP) 治疗和睡眠呼吸暂停的其他治疗方案的现有差异.
- 检查不同种族和种族群体儿童阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的独特表型,促成因素和潜在干预措施.
主要方法:
- 对研究的文献综述,重点关注不同人群的睡眠呼吸暂停治疗坚持和患病率.
- 分析导致治疗机会和治疗结果差异的因素.
- 检查儿科睡眠呼吸暂停现象型和干预策略.
主要成果:
- 非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔人对PAP治疗的坚持程度较低.
- 非洲裔美国儿童的腺切除率较低.
- 种族和民族少数群体在获得有效的睡眠呼吸暂停治疗方面面临重大障碍.
结论:
- 有针对性的干预措施对于解决关于睡眠和OSA的误解至关重要.
- 加强患者与医疗服务提供者之间的沟通对于改善治疗坚持至关重要.
- 标准化和文化敏感的调查和程序是必要的,以尽量减少睡眠呼吸暂停差异.
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