‘Social sleep apnea’ could be ruining his weekend rest, the study suggests

For those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the condition could be significantly worse on weekends.

After investigating the changes in gravity, researchers at the University of Flinders in Australia discovered that Osa’s symptoms were remarkably more prominent at the end of the week.

The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, analyzed the sleep data of more than 70,000 users of a sub -celebrated sleep monitor that tracked the seriousness of the OSA every day of the week.

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The data were collected for the duration of sleep, sleep time and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), a measure of sleep apnea severity.

Participants, predominantly medium -sized overweight men, had an average of more than five years old events per night.

Osa’s severity “significantly increased” on weekends, jumping 18% higher on Saturdays compared to Wednesdays. The general gravity score was 6% higher on weekends compared to week on average.

It was found that this increase is higher in men and in participants under 60 years.

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“This study of the real world that evaluates the variations at the day of the day in the severity of the year in more than 70,000 users revealed a global increase in the severity of the year on weekends, a phenomenon that we have called ‘social apnea’,” wrote the researchers in the study.

Sleep of the weekend and “social jetlag”, which can be defined as a misalignment between the natural circadian rhythm of someone and its social clock, led to an increase of 47% and 38%, respectively, in the probabilities of OSA during the weekend.

“This is in line with the previous findings that show that irregular dream is associated with greater probabilities of years,” said the authors. “Since the Osa is typically more severe during ReM dream, it is likely that the dream of the weekend and the social jetlag exacerbate the seriousness of the bear.”

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The authors also identified other factors that can affect the severity of AOS, including an increase in alcohol consumption and smoking.

“More research is needed to better understand the causes and mechanisms behind the new social apnea phenomenon identified in this study,” they added.

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Sleep expert Wendy Troxel, PHD, a specialist in Senior Behavior at Rand Corporation and a licensed clinical psychologist at Utah, who did not participate in the study, also reacted to the findings in an interview with News Digital.

“This recent study provides novel information on the daily variability of the severity of the obstructive sleep apnea, highlighting what the authors refer as an ‘social apnea’ effect, where Osa worsens on weekends,” Troxel confirmed.

Troxel agreed that these fluctuations in the severity of years are due to “weekend behaviors” such as the increase in alcohol consumption, omit the treatment of CPAP and “catch up” in sleep.

“All this can interrupt sleep and circadian rhythms and exacerbate the severity of the apnea,” he said.

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These findings suggest that one -night sleep tests made week nights can underestimate the seriousness of OSA, according to the expert.

“People with Osa should try to maintain consistent schedules to sleep throughout the week, limit alcohol intake and use CPAP treatment as prescribed every night of the week,” Troxel advised.