Background The study is part of a broader research project – Public Bathouse Nursing - dedicated to the study of vulnerable populations that use the Public Bathouse in the city of Lisbon [1]. When SARS-CoV-2 pandemic situation started, structures for homeless people, at that time counted as 3029, were reinforced in Lisbon city. These people do not manage health autonomously, thus requiring defnition of strategi...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder with worldwide increasing prevalence. Polysomnography is the traditional gold standard for the diagnosis of OSA, but the fact that it is a complex, time-consuming, and expensive test contributes to the underdiagnosis of this pathology. For this reason, one usually opts for the simpler, less labor-intensive, and cheaper cardiorespiratory sleep t...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep and awakening quality (SQ and AQ) during COVID-19 in a large and diversified population in order to identify significant associations and risks in terms of demography, health and health-related behaviors, sleep variables, mental health, and attitudes. Methods/Results:Online surveys were used for data collection, received from 5479 individuals from the gener...
A Síndrome Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono (SAOS) caracteriza-se por períodos de diminuição ou ausência total do fluxo respiratório resultantes do colapso da via aérea superior durante o sono, que podem estar associados a fragmentação deste e alteração das trocas gasosas. Estas alterações do sono são avaliadas através da realização de exames, polissonografia ou estudo cardiorrespiratório e a sua presença permite faze...
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep-disordered breathing disorder. It consists of a set of symptoms and signs that result from recurrent episodes of intermittent upper airway obstruction. It is estimated that this syndrome is very common; however, its true prevalence is unknown, as it is underdiagnosed. OSAS is considered a systemic disease with several associated consequences, including cardiova...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep and awakening quality (SQ and AQ) during COVID-19 in a large and diversified population in order to identify significant associations and risks in terms of demography, health and health-related behaviors, sleep variables, mental health, and attitudes. Methods/Results:Online surveys were used for data collection, received from 5479 individuals from the gener...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep and awakening quality (SQ and AQ) during COVID-19 in a large and diversified population in order to identify significant associations and risks in terms of demography, health and health-related behaviors, sleep variables, mental health, and attitudes. Methods/Results:Online surveys were used for data collection, received from 5479 individuals from the gener...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate sleep and awakening quality (SQ and AQ) during COVID-19 in a large and diversified population in order to identify significant associations and risks in terms of demography, health and health-related behaviors, sleep variables, mental health, and attitudes. Methods/results: Online surveys were used for data collection, received from 5479 individuals from the gene...
In this study, we examined the effect of six months of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) red blood cell (RBC) proteome by two dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) - based proteomics followed by Western blotting (WB) validation. The discovered dysregulated proteins/proteoforms are associated with cell death, H2O2 catabolic/metabolic process, stress response, ...
In this study, we examined the effect of six months of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) red blood cell (RBC) proteome by two dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) - based proteomics followed by Western blotting (WB) validation. The discovered dysregulated proteins/proteoforms are associated with cell death, H2O2 catabolic/metabolic process, stress response, ...