Κατεύθυνση Διαταραχές της αναπνοής στον ύπνο - Εργαστηριακή και Κλινική Ιατρική του Ύπνου
Library of the School of Health Sciences

2020-01-14

2020

Moustaka Eleni

Κατσαούνου Παρασκευή, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ, Επιβλέπουσα
Ρούτση Χριστίνα, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Καλομενίδης Ιωάννης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ

Η επίδραση της καπνιστικής συνήθειας στον ύπνο

Greek

Effects of smoking on sleep

Introduction : Smoking is a chronic addiction to nicotine, which is the main psychoactive component of the smoke. Studying the nicotine effect on sleep leads on a better understanding of sleep disturbances in smokers, the nicotine dependence mechanisms and the smoking cessation process.
Objectives : The review of the international literature regarding the effect of nicotine on sleep in smokers, during cessation attempt, and its relation with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Material and methods: Studies in English were selected from the PubMed data base from 1990 to 2018. Older studies were included whenever was necessary.
Results: Active smokers have a worst quality of sleep, with changes on its architecture as well. Moreover, smoking cessation leads to a poorer sleep quality and insomnia on the acute phase of withdrawal, while the pharmaceutical substitution therapy includes insomnia as its main adverse effect. All the above constitute a negative predictive factor for a successful cessation attempt. Also, smoking is related with increased incidence of snoring, is related to Restless Leg Syndrome, and it seems to worsen OSAS. Additionally, smoking during pregnancy is the main preventable risk factor for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, after the correct sleep positioning.
Conclusions : The negative effect of smoking on sleep during active smoking is an additional, to the already known, smoking hazards. Moreover, sleep disturbances through a cessation attempt, make it difficult to achieve abstinence. Emphasis should be given so as to give additional pharmaceutical or psychological support during cessation attempts, in order to achieve higher rates of successful outcomes.

Health Sciences

Smoking, Smoking cessation, Nicotine, Sleep, SIDS

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