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Sleep apnea is a specific medical condition that causes chronic sleep disruption, as evidenced by its role as a primary contributor to sleep disturbance in clinical studies [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, both terms are frequently categorized together in clinical literature reviews regarding sleep-related health issues [4].
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Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and ... - NCBI ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 2 facts
claimVgontzas A.N., Tan T.L., Bixler E.O., Martin L.F., Shubert D., and Kales A. found an association between sleep apnea and sleep disruption in obese patients, as published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 1994.
referenceVgontzas AN et al. studied sleep apnea and sleep disruption in obese patients, as published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 1994.
Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption dovepress.com 1 fact
procedureThe authors conducted a nonsystematic literature review of English-language publications in the PubMed database during March and April 2016, using search terms including 'caregiver AND sleep', 'insomnia', 'middle insomnia', 'restless leg[s] syndrome', 'sleep apnea', 'sleep continuity', 'sleep deprivation', 'sleep disorder', 'sleep disruption', 'sleep disturbance', and 'sleep fragmentation', which generated over 60,000 hits.
The Profound Interplay Between Sleep and Cognitive Function creyos.com 1 fact
referenceChronic sleep disruption caused by sleep apnea is a serious contributor to cognitive impairment and is recognized as a risk factor for neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease (Andrade et al., 2019).