The National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project Sleep Health Surveillance Questionnaire as an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surveillance Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To validate the previously published National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project (NHSAP) Surveillance and Epidemiology Workgroup questionnaire for ability to determine risk for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods

The NHSAP sleep questions, part of the next Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), were constructed to mimic elements of the STOP sleep apnea questionnaire, and included number of days with sleep disruption and unintentional dozing and a history of snoring and apneas. The responses to four sleep questions from the BRFSS were collected from 352 adults undergoing in-laboratory polysomnography at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Demographic and clinical information, including sex, age, body mass index (BMI), and presen

SUBMITTER: Jung Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566462 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature