Nocturnal awakening with headache and its relationship with sleep disorders in a population-based sample of adult inhabitants of Sao Paulo City, Brazil

Autor(es)

Lucchesi, Ligia Mendonca ^[1] ; Speciali, Jose Geraldo ^[2] ; Santos-Silva, Rogerio ^[1] ; Taddei, Jose Augusto ^[1] ; Tufik, Sergio ^[1] ; Azeredo Bittencourt, Lia Rita ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, BR-05508 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CEPHALALGIA; v. 30, n. 12, p. 1477-1485, DEC 2010.
• Citações Web of Science: 17

Resumo

Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of nocturnal awakening with headache (NAH) in the population of Sao Paulo City according to gender, age (20-80 years old) and socioeconomic classes and its relationship to sleep disorders, sleep parameters, anxiety, depression, fatigue, life quality and obesity. We used a population-based survey with a representative three-stage cluster sample. Questionnaires and scales were applied face-to-face, and polysomnography was performed in 1101 volunteers, aged 42 +/- 14 years, 55% women. The complaint of NAH occurring at least once a week had a prevalence of 8.4%, mostly in women, obese subjects and those aged 50-59 years-old. We observed associations of NAH with insomnia, restless leg syndrome (RLS), nightmares and bruxism, but not obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. In a logistics regression model, risk factors for NAH were female gender, odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval {[}CI]) 4.5 (2.8-7.3); obesity, OR 1.9 (1.1-3.3); age between 50 and 59 years, OR 2.4 (1.2-4.7); severe anxiety, OR 8.1 (3.6-18.1); RLS, 2.7 (1.2-5.6); and nightmares, 2.2 (1.3-3.7). Our study shows that NAH was highly prevalent in the population of Sao Paulo and suggests that this phenomenon has specific characteristics with specific risk factors: obesity, RLS and nightmares. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 07/50525-1 - Epidemiologia do sono na cidade de São Paulo - Episono 2007
• Beneficiário: Rogério Santos da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 98/14303-3 - Center for Sleep Studies
• Beneficiário: Sergio Tufik
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs