High Risk Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Employees and Lecturers of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Warmadewa University

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a respiratory illness with the involvement of sleep disorders that have a characteristic ofrecurrent collapse of pharynx airway during sleep. OSA has a serious physiological and psychological impact if left untreated. OSA complications can be divided into 2, namely neurocognitive dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. This will affect the quality of life of the patients, including low quality of sleep, reduced cognitive function, and decreased productivity. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of high risk of OSA in employees and lecturers at Warmadewa University. This research is using descriptive research method with cross sectional design. The independent variables were snoring, daytime sleepiness, obesity, and high blood pressure. Dependent variable is obstructive sleep apnea. The study used primary data, which the data collected by interviewing and distributing Berlin questionnaire and measuring body mass index of employees and lecturers of Warmadewa University. Data analysis used descriptive analysis with Statistical Package for The Social Science (SPSS) program. There were 12 (15.18%) employees and lecturers at high risk of OSA based on the Berlin questionnaire. It is expected that the puskesmas can optimize its role in carrying out advanced screening to detect OSA in the community