REM-Specific Sleep Apnea: Looking to conduct a study

After spending several days poring through clinical studies, I've found that REM-specific OSA is really under-studied. When it is, the wrong parameters are compared (I think this is because the doctors conducting the studies aren't in the patients shoes).

My own physician claims that he thinks REM-specific OSA is really prevalent, but many patients fall through the cracks because their AHI - when averaged across the entire night - shows mild severity.

So if anyone could identify themselves as individuals with Mild OSA but high AHI/RDI during REM, I could probably very easily do some statistical analysis to show how symptoms are worse for REM-specific OSA patients compared to mild OSA patients with the same overall AHI. It would be very interesting if symptom severity of REM-specific OSA is similar to those with overall AHI/RDI equivalent to the REM-specific AHI's.

It shouldn't be hard at all for the research subjects (you); I simply need your AHI and RDI (overall, REM, NREM) and have you fill out several short questionnaires that are commonly used to measure subjective symptoms relating to sleep. I'll also ask you some simple questions that those questionnaires may not cover.

Thanks for all of your help!!

pretysmitty wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:37 pm

After spending several days poring through clinical studies

Which studies have you found to be the most useful?

This is one that I am familiar with - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3242688/