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1- Pulmonary and Sleep Ward, Bamdad Respiratory and Sleep Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
2- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
3- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
4- Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine Center, Charité-Berlin University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
5- Department of Pneumology, West German Lung Center, University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany.
Abstract:  
Introduction: There are studies about polysomnographic (PSG) characteristics of patients with either obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) or addiction. We aimed to investigate the PSG characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients with opium addiction, those on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), and non-addicts for the treatment of addiction.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 75 patients with OHS in the Bamdad Respiratory and Sleep Research Center affiliated with the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences between January 2020 and February 2021. The patients were categorized into three groups: Opium addicts (OA), MMT, and non-addicts (NA). All patients completed screening questionnaires for OSA. This included the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), stop-bang questionnaire, and Berlin questionnaire and the data analyzed by SPSS software, version 24.
Results: A total of 75 OHS patients (54 men [72%] and 21 women [28%]) were studied in three groups, including OA (n=30), MMT (n=15), and NA (n=30). The apnea hypopnea index was not significantly different between the three groups. The longest apnea duration was higher in the OA than in other groups (P=0.001). Central apnea index (P=0.01), longest hypopnea duration (P=0.04), PaCO2 (P=0.04), and time with SpO2˂90% (T90) (P=0.009) were higher in the MMT than in other groups. Furthermore, the minimum SpO2 was lower in the MMT than in other groups (P=0.03). 
Conclusion: Some of the sleep disturbances were worse in the MMT than in the OA group. This suggests the need for further studies to compare the effects of opium and methadone on sleep in OHS patients.
Type of Study: Original | Subject: Clinical Neuroscience
Received: 2021/12/24 | Accepted: 2022/02/7 | Published: 2024/01/1

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