Date of Conferral

2020

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Health

Advisor

Diana D. Naser

Abstract

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a significant public health issue that affects communities across all socioeconomic and demographic groups. Risk factors for CHD include sleep apnea and snoring. Obesity with short sleep duration also places individuals at higher risk for CHD. Although limited research has been conducted on CHD and its relationship to obesity, sleep apnea, and snoring as individual risk factors for CHD, a gap exists as these factors had not been studied as paired in this study. The purpose of this quantitative, cross sectional study was to determine if a significant relationship existed between obesity, snoring, sleep apnea, and CHD while accounting for gender, race, age, and geographic location. The health belief model served as the theoretical framework for this research. The 2017 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System dataset was used to analyze data from 988 adults between 18 to 75 years of age. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze data. The key findings were that there was no significant relationship between sleep apnea, obesity, and snoring, when analyzed individually and combined against CHD. Positive social change implications are that the combined risk factors of sleep apnea, obesity, and snoring as assessed against CHD could encourage health specialists and medical professionals to provide multidisciplinary community-level support to monitor and manage follow-up care.

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