LA SOMNOLENCE DIURNE EXCESSIVE CHEZ LES ENSEIGNANTS DE LA FACULTÉ DE MEDECINE DE S ÉTIF

Abstract

Excessive daytime sleepiness has become one of the common reasons for sleep disorders nowadays. Because of its impact on daily life (poor sleep quality at night, time discrepancy......), excessive daytime sleepiness may be one of the symptoms triggered by certain sleep disorders causing difficulties in daily life. The objective of our study was to investigate excessive daytime sleepiness in teachers of the Faculty of Medicine of Setif. It is a descriptive study on a total of 108 teachers of the Faculty of Medicine of Setif, carried out by an anonymous self questionnaire. Daytime sleepiness was observed in 24.1% of the study population (EPWORTH˃ 10 score); with 25% of the male sex versus 23.5% of the female sex. Nearly half of the cases of excessive daytime sleepiness were aged between 20 and 30. The impact of excessive daytime sleepiness on social and family life was observed respectively in 26.1% and 33% of teachers with excessive daytime sleepiness with a score between 11 and 16, and a score greater than 16. Only one teacher in the study population had consulted for his excessive daytime sleepiness. The reasons for refusing medical consultation reported were non-seriousness (84.2%) and self-management (57.8%). Four teachers were taking treatment for their excessive daytime sleepiness. The most commonly used substances were vitamin C, tea, and coffee. Four teachers in the study population with excessive daytime sleepiness used self-medication to manage their symptomatology. Excessive daytime sleepiness appears to be common in our study population, although the disorder has been neglected, misdiagnosed, and even misunderstood by physicians and patients themselves. It is now considered a public health problem because of the risks it entails for the individual and for society. The positive diagnosis is often made with delay, the affected subjects getting used to live with this sleepiness, which requires a sensitization of the teachers of the Faculty of Medicine of Setif by making them aware of the real impact of this excessive daytime sleepiness that they are already unaware of in order to reduce its repercussions on their family, social and professional life including its accidental risk.