Introduction:

There is research that has shown a close relationship between sleep disorders and weight alterations, specifically obesity, keeping a pathological bilateral relationship. These interconnected links are becoming a matter of growing concern in medical and public health research. Objective. Analyze if there is a relationship between sleep disorders and obesity in young adult patients of the Family Medicine Unit Nº 37, Hermosillo Sonora.

Materials and methods:

This was an observational, cross-sectional, analytical study. 286 beneficiaries aged 20-40 years were included using non- probability sampling. The Pittsburgh Sleep Disorders Questionnaire was used to assess sleep disorders, and Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to classify participants as obese or non-obese. The presence of sedentary behavior was also identified. Descriptive statistics were applied, and the Chi-square (X²) test and odds ratio (OR) were used to analyze the relationship between sleep disorders, obesity, and sedentary behavior to determine the strength of association between the groups.

Results:

59,1% (n=169) suffered from a sleep disorder. Of these, only 27,27% (n=78) presented with obesity. There was no association between obesity and sedentary behavior (p = 0,568), and the odds ratio (OR) was 1,149 with a confidence interval (CI) of 0,714- 1,847. 51,1% (n=91) of sedentary patients presented obesity, finding a relationship between these variables (p ≤0.005) and OR of 2.007 with (CI de 95% 1, 22-3, 29).

Conclusions:

Although there was no significant association with sleep disorder and obesity, more than half of the population studied had a sleep disorder.