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SUBMITTER: Kerner NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5316492 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 20161117 3
<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on neurocognitive function and brain morphology in older adults with depression and cognitive impairment.<h4>Methods</h4>We prospectively screened OSA with the STOP-Bang questionnaire in the last 25 patients enrolled into the Donepezil Treatment of Cognitive Impairment and Depression (DOTCODE) trial. High and low probability of OSA were defined as a STOP-Bang score of ≥5 (h-OSA) and of <5 (l-OSA), respectively. Baseline m ...[more]