biostudies-literatureUnknown12(4)Eijsvogel MM<h4>Study objectives</h4>To develop and evaluate a screening questionnaire and a two-step screening strategy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in healthy workers.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a cross-sectional study of 1,861 employees comprising healthy blue- and white-collar workers in two representative plants in the Netherlands from a worldwide consumer electronic company who were approached to participate. Employees were invited to complete various sleep questionnaires, and undergo separate single nasal flow recording and home polysomnography on two separate nights.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 1,861 employees, 249 provided informed consent and all nasal flow and polysomnography data were available from 176 (70.7%). OSAS was diagnosed in 65 (36.9%). A combination of age, absence of insomnJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine555-64https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4795283biostudies-literatureObstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Company Workers: Development of a Two-Step Screening Strategy with a New Questionnaire.PMC4795283Verbraecken Jvan der Palen JRanderath WEijsvogel MMWiegersma SWegter-Hilbers EfalseObstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Company Workers: Development of a Two-Step Screening Strategy with a New Questionnaire.<h4>Study objectives</h4>To develop and evaluate a screening questionnaire and a two-step screening strategy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in healthy workers.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a cross-sectional study of 1,861 employees comprising healthy blue- and white-collar workers in two representative plants in the Netherlands from a worldwide consumer electronic company who were approached to participate. Employees were invited to complete various sleep questionnaires, and undergo separate single nasal flow recording and home polysomnography on two separate nights.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 1,861 employees, 249 provided informed consent and all nasal flow and polysomnography data were available from 176 (70.7%). OSAS was diagnosed in 65 (36.9%). A combination of age, absence of insomn2016-01-01T00:00:00Z2016 Apr2025-04-05T10:27:40.887Z2019-03-27T02:11:20ZS-EPMC47952832651870310.5664/jcsm.5690