Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Oct 1999
The effect of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea on the sleep quality of bed partners.
To measure the effect of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on the sleep of snorers' bed partners and to determine whether a bed partner's sleep improves when snoring and OSA are treated. ⋯ The elimination of snoring and OSA in these patients was associated with an improvement in the quality of their bed partners' sleep, as indicated by improved sleep efficiency and continuity, even when the spouses had been habitually exposed to snoring and OSA. Assuming that 480 minutes were spent in bed for sleep, a 13% improvement in sleep efficiency (i.e., from 74% to 87%) translates to an additional 62 minutes of sleep per night for the spouses of snorers with OSA.