Depressive symptomatology in obstructive sleep apnoea

Shenooka Nanthakumar

doi:10.4225/23/5a273b1510c3c

Depressive symptomatology in obstructive sleep apnoea

Shenooka Nanthakumar

School of Psychological Science

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Abstract

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a frequent and often under-diagnosed disorder of breathing during sleep. Many of the symptoms of OSA are cardinal symptoms of depression (e.g. fatigue, insomnia, loss of libido), such that the assessment of depression in OSA is, potentially, confounded by this shared symptomatology. Thus, the overall aims addressed in this thesis were to determine the impact of symptom overlap on: 1) the expression and prevalence of depression in OSA, and 2) the treatment of depressive symptoms in OSA, using the gold-standard treatment for OSA, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP).

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Bucks, Romola, Supervisor Starkstein, Sergio, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	20 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4225/23/5a273b1510c3c
Publication status	Unpublished - 2017

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