Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pain Intensity in Young Adults.
Athar W, Card ME, Charokopos A, Akgün KM, DeRycke EC, Haskell SG, Yaggi HK, Bastian LA. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pain Intensity in Young Adults. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2020, 17: 1273-1278. PMID: 32644865, PMCID: PMC7640622, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201910-750oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive sleep apneaPain intensityYoung adultsSevere painSleep apneaVeterans Health Administration primary care clinicsDiagnosis of OSAMultivariate logistic regression modelEffective OSA treatmentSevere pain intensityAverage pain intensityPrimary care clinicsBody mass indexHigher pain intensityMental health diagnosesElectronic medical recordsCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsCohort studyOlder patientsCare clinicsChronic painMass indexSmoking statusOSA treatmentAssociations between obstructive sleep apnea and prescribed opioids among veterans.
Chen K, Yaggi HK, Fiellin DA, DeRycke EC, Athar W, Haskell S, Bastian LA. Associations between obstructive sleep apnea and prescribed opioids among veterans. Pain 2020, 161: 2035-2040. PMID: 32358418, PMCID: PMC7606219, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of OSAObstructive sleep apneaOpioid prescriptionsRelative risk ratiosSleep apneaMultimodal pain management strategiesPoor pain controlTwo-fold likelihoodPain management strategiesHigher pain intensityPain controlPrescribed opioidsFormer smokersPain intensityPain managementPrimary outcomeChronic prescriptionPrescription opioidsPsychiatric comorbidityOSA treatmentPrimary exposureNational cohortRisk ratioChronic durationOpioid category