STOP-BANG screener vs objective obstructive sleep apnea testing among younger veterans with PTSD and insomnia: STOP-BANG does not sufficiently detect risk.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) cooccur even in veterans who are younger with lower body mass index. The STOP-BANG screener for OSA relies heavily on high blood pressure, age, and body mass index and may not generalize to veterans with PTSD. The inability to effectively screen veterans for OSA is problematic given negative outcomes of untreated OSA.

Methods

Our study compared the STOP-BANG to objective OSA diagnostic testing in 48 younger veterans (mean age 43.7 years; 43.8% Caucasian; 20.8% female) seeking treatment for PTSD and insomnia. Apnea-hypopnea events per hour (apnea-hypopnea index), recorded by NOX T3 sleep monitors, were used to diagnose OSA (apnea-hypopnea index ≥ 5 events/h). Logistic regressions examined

SUBMITTER: Lyons R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807890 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature