Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108776
Nathan G. Rasmussen , Kari A. Martin , Ryan A. Dunn , Ashley L. Garrett , Stephen F. Bansberg , Chad M. Ruoff
Introduction
Central sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are characterized by recurrent pauses in breathing secondary to decreased central respiratory drive and upper airway obstruction, respectively. Oropharyngeal surgery is not a treatment option for CSA but may be considered in select patients with OSA.
Case presentation
A 37-year-old female presented with an Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) of 122/hour that included a Central Apnea Index (CAI) of 74/hour, and chronic tonsillitis with tonsillar hypertrophy and a baseline BMI of 36 kg/m2. Complete resolution of CSA and marked improvement in sleep were noted following tonsillectomy combined with expansion pharyngoplasty.
Conclusions
Although there can be significant overlap between OSA and CSA, resolution of CSA following soft tissue oropharyngeal surgery in an adult has not been previously reported. For this patient an unusual underlying pathophysiology, possibly post-arousal in nature, may explain the unanticipated outcome.
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108774
Sandhya Matthes , Marcel Treml , Sofia E. Schiza , Izolde Bouloukaki , Georgia Trakada , Athanasia Pataka , Paschalis Steiropoulos , Dries Testelmans , Johann Verbraecken , Francesco Fanfulla , Carolina Lombardi , Elisa Perger , Gianfranco Parati , Holger Hein , Stefan Mihaicuta , Özen K. Basoglu , Esther Schwarz , Renaud Tamisier , Sébastien Baillieul , Sébastien Bailly , G. Roisman
Background
Using the apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) as the sole determinant for treating obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is being critically discussed. The modified Baveno classification is a multicomponent grading tool combining respiratory disturbance, symptoms and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment to guide treatment of OSA. Retrospective analyses of an existing database showed that treatment according to this classification resulted in significantly improved symptoms and cardiovascular parameters. We report the design of the first prospective study to evaluate the modified Baveno classification.
Methods
Patients with OSA (≥40 years) recruited in this multicentre, prospective, observational long-term follow-up study will be treated with OSA-specific therapy according to the modified Baveno classification. Patients with AHI≥30/h or with established CVD, severe renal disease, diabetes with end-organ damage, difficult-to-treat hypertension or chronic/recurrent atrial fibrillation are associated with strong treatment indication. For the remaining patients, SCORE2/SCORE2-OP/SCORE2-diabetes risk assessment of CVD together with symptom scores, determines the strength of treatment indication. The first hierarchical primary outcome is change in office systolic blood pressure (SBP), followed by Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Follow-up will occur at 6-,12-, 24- and 36-months from baseline. Retrospective data analysis revealed a mean change in SBP of −5±14 mmHg in 393/1081 patients. A power of 99.9 % with a two-sided alpha of 0.001 results in a sample size of 894. The target sample size is 1800 patients, assuming a drop-out rate of 50 % at 3 years.
Discussion
This study investigates the clinical relevance of the modified Baveno classification for OSA severity assessment and treatment decision making in clinical practice.
背景:使用呼吸暂停-低通气指数(AHI)作为治疗阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停(OSA)的唯一决定因素正在被批判性地讨论。改进的Baveno分级是一种结合呼吸障碍、症状和心血管疾病(CVD)风险评估的多组分分级工具,用于指导OSA的治疗。对现有数据库的回顾性分析显示,根据该分类进行治疗可显著改善症状和心血管参数。我们报告了第一项前瞻性研究的设计,以评估改进的Baveno分类。方法:在这项多中心、前瞻性、观察性长期随访研究中招募的OSA患者(≥40岁)将根据改进的Baveno分类接受OSA特异性治疗。AHI≥30/h或伴有心血管疾病、严重肾脏疾病、终末器官损害的糖尿病、难治性高血压或慢性/复发性心房颤动的患者与强治疗指征相关。其余患者采用SCORE2/SCORE2- op /SCORE2-糖尿病心血管疾病风险评估,结合症状评分,确定治疗指征的强弱。第一个分级主要结果是办公室收缩压(SBP)的变化,其次是Epworth嗜睡量表。随访将在基线后6、12、24和36个月进行。回顾性数据分析显示,393/1081例患者的收缩压平均变化为-5±14 mmHg。如果幂为99.9%,双侧alpha为0.001,则样本量为894。目标样本量为1800例患者,假设3年的退出率为50%。讨论:本研究探讨了改进的Baveno分级在OSA严重程度评估和临床治疗决策中的临床意义。
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-05DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108768
Imke Buekenhout , Ana Allen Gomes , José Leitão
Background and purpose
Chronotype manifests trait-like dispositions and age-related developmental shifts; yet the psychometrics of existing morningness–eveningness (ME) scales do not reflect the distinctness of these influences. Three issues contribute to this construct–measurement mismatch: assumed age-invariance of reliability and validity, uniform cutoffs across age/sex, and unwarranted conflation of trait and developmental ME. We aimed to exemplify solutions for these issues and deliver age-stratified psychometrics and augmented regression-based norms (RBN) that disentangle trait and developmental ME for the European Portuguese CSM.
Methods
Multi-cohort data from Portuguese residents/native speakers were pooled. Reliability (N = 2890; 12–94 years) and validity (n = 1880; 12–75 years) were examined overall and across five age groups. Hierarchical step-down regression selected predictors for the augmented RBN. Predictive performance was compared with conventional whole-sample norming on sleep timing and mental-health outcomes.
Results
Age-stratified analyses showed adolescents and older adults diverged from overall reliability and validity patterns; nevertheless, indices were adequate. RBN included linear and quadratic age in adolescence and, in adulthood, an additional Age × Sex interaction. Augmented scores’ disentangled trait and developmental components better predicted validity indicators and mental-health outcomes than conventionally normed scores. A public calculator returns ME z-scores, percentiles, and a 9-category chronotype classification for trait, developmental, and combined chronotype.
Conclusions
Augmented RBN for the CSM deliver trait, developmental, and combined ME scores and classifications that improve prediction and offer clinical utility for exploring vulnerabilities to psychological distress, sleep problems, and cognitive complaints. The approach may generalize to other ME scales.
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-11DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108779
William V. McCall , Antonio Olivieri
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Capturing the dynamics of sleep onset process is fundamental to sleep medicine and circadian neurobiology. Even though wakefulness/sleep transition is a gradual and continuous process, it has been considered instantaneous and scored subjectively at low resolution. Therefore, a model to capture the dynamics of wakefulness to sleep transition is needed. The purpose of this study is to develop an efficient, high-resolution, and reliable model to quantitatively capture the dynamics of wakefulness/sleep transition using electroencephalogram (EEG).
Methods
We collected EEG signals from 53 subjects during an overnight sleep study. We extracted relative power features from EEG to develop a new model that yields the likelihood of wakefulness for each of the 3-s EEG segments. Furthermore, using the model, we identified three clusters, namely wakefulness, drowsiness and sleep, and employed statistical analyses, cluster quality evaluation, and graphical analysis for validation.
Results
The proposed method successfully separated three distinct cases of alertness. The mean silhouette value on the test data was 0.74 and the mean Davies-Bouldin index value was 0.43, which indicated that the three discovered clusters were compact. Based on the silhouette values, the detection accuracy was 93.21 %. One-way repeated measures analysis of variance results suggested that the feature values were significantly different (p < .0001) among the three detected clusters.
Conclusion
The proposed method was able to detect short episodes of wakefulness, drowsiness, and sleep with high accuracy in overnight polysomnography data. This proof-of-concept study suggests potential future applications in drowsiness detection, pending validation in relevant contexts such as driving simulators and workplace environments.
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-08DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108775
Weder Alves da Silva , Marina Silveira , Carlos Cristi-Montero , Cezimar Correia Borges , Alberto S. Sá Filho , Leandro F.M. Rezende , Gerson Ferrari
Objectives
To investigate the joint association of sleep duration and body composition, assessed by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and respiratory mortality among Mexican adults.
Methods
This prospective cohort included 156,565 participants (median follow-up: 15.5 years), excluding those with pre-existing conditions and early deaths. Cox proportional hazards models estimated hazard ratios (HRs) for combinations of sleep duration (reference: 7–9 h/day for adults <65 years; 7–8 h/day for those ≥65 years; short sleep: <7 h/day; long sleep: >9 h/day for adults <65 years; >8 h/day for those ≥65 years) and body composition categories (normal weight, overweight, obesity; normal or high WC).
Results
After full-adjustment, excess adiposity, particularly WC, emerged as the primary determinant of mortality risk, largely independent of sleep duration. CVD mortality risk was highest among individuals with high WC, particularly those with short sleep (HR: 7.28; 95 %CI: 2.22–23.79), with similarly elevated risks observed for high WC combined with reference or long sleep. Obesity was also independently associated with increased CVD mortality among individuals reporting reference sleep duration (HR: 3.11; 95 %CI: 1.28–7.55). For all-cause mortality, obesity increased risk across all sleep duration categories, while high WC was associated with elevated mortality regardless of sleep duration. No significant associations were observed for respiratory mortality after full adjustment.
Conclusions
Sleep duration and body composition jointly influence mortality risk. Obesity and high WC substantially worsen these risks, underscoring the need for integrated strategies targeting both sleep and metabolic health.
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-29DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108808
Samia Salame , Therese Chan , Tetyana Kendzerska , Stacey Fisher , Douglas Manuel , Amy T. Hsu
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-27DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108812
Gulcin Benbir Senel , Lourdes M. DelRosso
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-17DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108790
Eshrak Salama Hashem , Narges Mohammed Mohammed Syam , Wafaa Hassan Ali Awad , Nadia Hassan Ali Awad , Nabila Salem Mohammed , Daniel Joseph E. Berdida , Naglaa Fathalla Elsayed
Aims
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is common among individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and frequently co-occurs with poor sleep quality, fatigue, and psychological distress. Understanding how these symptoms are interrelated may inform nursing assessment and symptom management. This study examined the association between RLS severity and sleep quality in individuals with MS and explored a theory-driven moderated mediation model in which anxiety and fatigue were examined as indirect correlates, and disease duration as a moderating factor.
Methods
A cross-sectional correlational study was conducted with 110 individuals diagnosed with MS, recruited from a governmental hospital outpatient clinic in Egypt. Data were collected using validated self-report measures of RLS severity, sleep quality, anxiety, fatigue, and disease duration. Structural equation modeling was used to examine direct and indirect associations among variables, following the STROBE checklist.
Results
Greater RLS severity was significantly associated with poorer sleep quality (β = 0.31, p < 0.001), higher anxiety (β = 0.42, p < 0.001), and greater fatigue (β = 0.28, p = 0.001). Anxiety and fatigue statistically accounted for a significant portion of the association between RLS severity and sleep quality. Conditional indirect associations indicated that these relationships were stronger among individuals with longer MS duration (>5 years).
Conclusion
RLS severity is associated with poorer sleep quality in individuals with MS, both directly and indirectly through anxiety and fatigue, with these indirect associations varying as a function of disease duration. Although exploratory and cross-sectional, these findings highlight the importance of comprehensive nursing assessment and integrated symptom management approaches addressing RLS, anxiety, and fatigue to support sleep quality and overall well-being in MS care.
目的:不宁腿综合征(RLS)在多发性硬化症(MS)患者中很常见,经常伴有睡眠质量差、疲劳和心理困扰。了解这些症状是如何相互关联的,可以为护理评估和症状管理提供信息。本研究考察了多发性硬化症患者的睡眠倒睡严重程度与睡眠质量之间的关系,并探索了一个理论驱动的有调节的中介模型,其中焦虑和疲劳是间接相关的,疾病持续时间是调节因素。方法:对从埃及一家政府医院门诊招募的110名确诊为多发性硬化症的患者进行了横断面相关性研究。数据收集采用有效的自我报告测量RLS严重程度、睡眠质量、焦虑、疲劳和疾病持续时间。结构方程模型用于检查变量之间的直接和间接关联,遵循STROBE检查表。结果:RLS严重程度越高,睡眠质量越差(β = 0.31, p 5年)。结论:在多发性硬化症患者中,RLS的严重程度与较差的睡眠质量相关,直接或间接地通过焦虑和疲劳来实现,这些间接关联随着疾病持续时间的变化而变化。虽然是探索性的和横断面的,但这些发现强调了综合护理评估和综合症状管理方法的重要性,这些方法可以解决RLS,焦虑和疲劳问题,以支持MS护理中的睡眠质量和整体健康。
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108810
Elias G. Karroum , Cornelius G. Bachmann , Amy Bronstone , Leavitt Morrison
Introduction
Tonic motor activation (TOMAC) is a non-pharmacological treatment for moderate-to-severe medication-refractory Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). This bilateral wearable device applies high-frequency electrical stimulation to the peroneal nerve, engaging the therapeutic mechanism while minimizing sleep discomfort. A recent meta-analysis evaluated TOMAC in RLS using aggregate data, which precluded subgroup analyses. The aim of our systematic review and meta-analysis was to extract individual participant data to enable the evaluation of TOMAC as adjunctive treatment and monotherapy in RLS.
Methods
This study was registered on PROSPERO (CRD420251005571). Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed were searched, from inception to March 31, 2025, to identify studies evaluating TOMAC for RLS. Risk of bias (Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool and Downs and Black checklist) and quality of evidence (Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine 2011 guidelines) of eligible studies were assessed. Primary outcomes were changes in International RLS Study Group Rating Scale (IRLS) score for efficacy and in Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Problem Index II (MOS-II) score for sleep improvement. Main safety outcome was the incidence of device-related adverse events. Subgroup analyses evaluated TOMAC as adjunctive therapy and as monotherapy, as well as by age, RLS age-of-onset, sex, RLS severity, and stimulation amplitude.
Results
Five studies from the United States were extracted including three randomized-controlled-trials with 252 participants for analyses (69 monotherapy/183 adjunctive TOMAC therapy). Relative to sham, TOMAC significantly reduced IRLS score both as adjunctive therapy (MD: 3.39, p = 0.0001) and monotherapy (mean difference [MD]: 3.80, p = 0.0047), and significantly reduced MOS-II score both as adjunctive therapy (MD: 8.23, p = 0.0006) and monotherapy (MD: 9.65, p = 0.0236). There were no significant differences in IRLS MD based on age, age of RLS onset, sex, RLS severity, and stimulation amplitude. Mild discomfort was the only adverse event with higher prevalence for TOMAC than sham.
Conclusion
These results suggest that TOMAC is a tolerable non-pharmacological treatment that reduces RLS symptoms and improves sleep, both as adjunctive therapy and as monotherapy.
强直运动激活(TOMAC)是一种治疗中重度药物难治性不宁腿综合征(RLS)的非药物治疗方法。这种双侧可穿戴设备对腓神经进行高频电刺激,在最大限度地减少睡眠不适的同时,参与治疗机制。最近的一项荟萃分析使用汇总数据评估了RLS患者的TOMAC,排除了亚组分析。我们的系统回顾和荟萃分析的目的是提取个体参与者的数据,以评估TOMAC作为RLS辅助治疗和单一治疗的效果。方法本研究在PROSPERO注册(CRD420251005571)。检索了Web of Science, Scopus和PubMed,从成立到2025年3月31日,以确定评估TOMAC治疗RLS的研究。评估符合条件的研究的偏倚风险(Cochrane Risk of bias Tool和Downs and Black checklist)和证据质量(牛津循证医学中心2011指南)。主要结局是国际睡眠倒睡综合征研究组评定量表(IRLS)疗效评分和医学结局研究睡眠问题指数II (MOS-II)睡眠改善评分的变化。主要的安全性指标是器械相关不良事件的发生率。亚组分析评估TOMAC作为辅助治疗和单一治疗,以及年龄、RLS发病年龄、性别、RLS严重程度和刺激幅度。结果从美国提取5项研究,包括3项随机对照试验,共252名受试者进行分析(69项单药治疗/183项辅助TOMAC治疗)。与假手术相比,TOMAC显著降低了辅助治疗的IRLS评分(MD: 3.39, p = 0.0001)和单药治疗(MD: 3.80, p = 0.0047),显著降低了辅助治疗的MOS-II评分(MD: 8.23, p = 0.0006)和单药治疗的MOS-II评分(MD: 9.65, p = 0.0236)。在年龄、RLS发病年龄、性别、RLS严重程度和刺激幅度的基础上,IRLS MD无显著差异。轻度不适是唯一比假手术发生率高的不良事件。结论无论是辅助治疗还是单药治疗,TOMAC都是一种可耐受的非药物治疗,可减轻RLS症状,改善睡眠。
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