Reliability of the Turkish version of the European Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening (EUROSAS) questionnaire for drivers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The European Union Driver License Committee recently developed a questionnaire as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) named the European Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening (EUROSAS) questionnaire for drivers. We sought to address the reliability of the Turkish version of this questionnaire.

Methods

The EUROSAS was translated into Turkish. Using a "test-retest approach", data were collected twice with a 15-day interval among 150 participants (50 professional male drivers [PMD], 50 non-professional male drivers [NPMD], and 50 non-professional female drivers [NPFD]). The EUROSAS score ranges between 2 and 25, with scores ≥ 10 suggesting the presence of OSA.

Results

The median EUROSAS scores in the first test were 8.0 (interquartile range [IQR] 6.8-1

SUBMITTER: Peker Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8195917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature