Recognition and Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Older Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the proportion of older Americans at risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who receive OSA evaluations, diagnosis, and treatment.

Design

Cross sectional study.

Setting

National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), Round 3 survey.

Participants

Community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older (N=1,052).

Measurements

NHATS participants were asked specific questions about sleep disturbances, including items that resembled critical elements of a validated instrument used to assess OSA risk (the STOP-Bang questionnaire). The proportion of older Americans at risk for OSA who received evaluations with home or in-laboratory sleep studies, OSA diagnosis, and OSA treatment was examined, as well as clinical, social, and demographi

SUBMITTER: Braley TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097901 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature