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Título

Preliminary results on the prevalence of sleep disorders in man adults of Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais state.

Introdução

Sleep is an elementary state of life accounting for several regulatory mechanisms. Healthy humans spend about 30% of their time sleeping.

Objetivo

Analyze awareness of sleep quality and changes in men and assess daytime sleepiness presented.

Métodos

The cross-sectional, man-based study, between May and June 2022 in two cities in Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais state. The instrument comprised questions about sleep and a specific questionnaire Epworth Sleepiness Scale to measure daytime sleepiness. This question plus Epworth can be helpful in diagnosing sleep disorders.

Resultados

69.8% classified the quality of sleep as good, although 39.6% reported having sleep problems and 7.4% did not know how to respond. Among the main problems presented by the sample, the following were the main ones: snoring (58.5%), waking up during the night (37.7%), waking up feeling tired (35.8%), difficulty falling asleep (26.4%), waking up too early and not being able to go back to sleep (24.5%), nightmares (20.7%), excessive sleepiness (18.9%), obstructive sleep apnea (13.2 %) and grinding or clenching teeth during sleep (13.2%). These problems happened three or more times a week in 47.1%. In this sample, 83% reported no change in sleep during the pandemic, 13.2% that there was a change for the worse, and 3.8% that their sleep changed for the better. In the sample, 39.6% started to use their cell phone more in bed before going to bed during the pandemic. Using a cell phone together with watching television was what most of the sample did before going to sleep 69.8%. Other harmful habits were also reported: thinking about unresolved issues 24.5%, consumption of alcoholic beverages 20.7%, eating heavy meals 18.8% and consumption of caffeine or cigarettes 16.9%. The Epworth sleepiness scale showed that 37.74% of the sample had normal sleep, 22.64% had average sleepiness and 39.62% had abnormal (possibly pathological) sleepiness.

Conclusões

Clarification is needed regarding harmful habits performed before bed and a greater awareness of the population regarding the changes present in sleep since several changes found was seen in people who considered their sleep to be of good quality.

Palavras -chave

Sleep disorders; disorders of excessive somnolence; disorders of excessive somnolence; snoring; sleep apnea syndrome