Research evaluating the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) \& walking exercise on fatigue severity, liver enzymes and sleeping quality in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease who also have obstructive sleep apnea. Forty patients are divided into two groups: twenty patients CPAP and other twenty patients for CPAP and walking program .
Research evaluating the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) \& walking exercise on fatigue severity, liver enzymes and sleeping quality in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease who also have obstructive sleep apnea. Forty patients are divided into two groups: twenty patients CPAP and other twenty patients for CPAP and walking program .
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
continuous positive airway pressure therapy for a period of 12 weeks, all patients with in this group are required to utilize the CPAP machine for at least 4 hours each night
patients will receive continuous positive airway pressure therapy for a period of 12 weeks, all patients with in this group are required to utilize the CPAP machine for at least 4 hours each night. Also, patients will perform walking exercise for 30 mint, daily for 12 weeks
Ahram canadian university
Giza, Egypt
RECRUITINGAlanine tranaminase
serum hepatic enzyme
Time frame: it will be measured after 12 weeks
Asparatate transamianse
serum hepatic enzyme
Time frame: it will be measured after 12 weeks
Body mass index
it will be masusured on empty stomach and bladder
Time frame: it will be measured after 12 weeks
triglycerodes
it will be meausred in plasma
Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks
Pittsiburg sleeping quality index
a questionnaire that wil be used for assessing sleeping quality
Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks
fatigue severity scale
a questionnaire that wil be used for assessing fatigue
Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks
Epworth sleepness scale
a questionnaire that wil be used for daytime sleepness
Time frame: it will be assessed after 12 weeks
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