TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seeger-Zybok, Rebekka
A1  - Klingelhöfer, Doris
A1  - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander
T1  - Global risk factor evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea in relation to research activity and socioeconomic factors
T2  - International journal of environmental research and public health
N2  - Obstructive Sleep Apnea is emerging as a global health epidemic, particularly due to the obesity pandemic. However, comprehensive prevalence data are still lacking and global OSA research has not yet been structurally evaluated. Using the latest comprehensive age/gender-specific BMI and obesity data, a global landscape estimating the risk/burden of OSA was created. Results were presented in relation to an in-depth analysis of OSA research and countries’ socioeconomic/scientific background. While the USA, Canada, and Japan are the highest publishing countries on OSA, Iceland, Greece, and Israel appeared at the forefront when relating the scientific output to socioeconomic parameters. Conversely, China, India, and Russia showed relatively low performances in these relations. Analysis of the estimated population at risk (EPR) of OSA showed the USA, China, India, and Brazil as the leading countries. Although the EPR and OSA research correlated strongly, major regional discrepancies between the estimated demand and actual research performances were identified, mainly in, but not limited to, developing nations. Our study highlights regional challenges/imbalances in the global activity on OSA and allows targeted measures to mitigate the burden of undiagnosed/untreated OSA. Furthermore, the inclusion of disadvantaged countries in international collaborations could stimulate local research efforts and provide valuable insights into the regional epidemiology of OSA.
KW  - OSA
KW  - public health
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - risk factor
KW  - bibliometrics
KW  - prevalence
KW  - obesity
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56387
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-563878
SN  - 1660-4601
N1  - © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
VL  - 17
IS  - art. 6785
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -