COMPARISON OF THREE SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRES IN SCREENING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 88
Abstract
BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder characterised by full or partial occlusion of the upper airway during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common disorder affecting at least 2% to 4% of the adult population and can occur in all age groups. The aim of our study is to assess the usefulness of Berlin, STOP-BANG and Epworth questionnaires in evaluation of obstructive sleep apnoea and to find specificity and sensitivity of Berlin, STOP-BANG and Epworth questionnaires in predicting diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study aimed at predicting high risk of OSA based on using three questionnaires in comparison to the objective assessment using the standard overnight attended PSG on all the recruited patients. The study was conducted over 62 patients at the sleep disorders laboratory of pulmonary medicine, Sri Ramachandra University Hospital, Porur, Chennai. Anthropometric measures including body weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and neck circumference (NC) as well as gender were documented for all patients. RESULTS The incidence of OSA in our study population was 87% of which percentage of population with mild, moderate and severe OSA were 24%, 20.9% and 41.9%. The above results show that the Berlin questionnaire score is a better tool than the STOP-BANG and Epworth score, since the average accuracy of Berlin questionnaire was 66.65. CONCLUSION The above results show that the Berlin questionnaire score is a better tool than the STOP-BANG and Epworth score, since the average accuracy of Berlin questionnaire was 66.65. Large prospective studies will be required to help establish the exact role of subjective Berlin, STOP-BANG and Epworth sleep screening questionnaires in evaluating patient with OSA.
Authors and Affiliations
Preethi Perumalsamy, Arvin Kumar Charles, Gangi Reddy, Chandrasekar Chokkalingam, Rajagopalan Balakrishnan
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