Trial reportSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2013
Is portable monitoring for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome suitable in elderly population?
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- Home-testing devices for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome - a systematic review and economic evaluation.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnostic Testing for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017Guideline
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Aging: A Narrative Review.Sleep medicine research · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of the Alice NightOne Single-Belt Monitor for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Reliability of Wireless Data Transfer.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Validation of a Portable Respiratory Monitoring System for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Crossectional Study.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Noninvasive monitoring technologies to identify discomfort and distressing symptoms in persons with limited communication at the end of life: a scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Comparison of a home sleep test with in-laboratory polysomnography in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2022Article
- Sleep Disturbance, Sleep Disorders and Co-Morbidities in the Care of the Older Person.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Methodological strategies in using home sleep apnea testing in research and practice.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2018Review
- Unanticipated Nocturnal Oxygen Requirement during Positive Pressure Therapy for Sleep Apnea and Medical Comorbidities.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017Article
- Considerations in the treatment of tension-type headache in the elderly.Drugs & aging · 2014Review
- Sleep in older adults: normative changes, sleep disorders, and treatment options.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2014Review
- Sleep disordered breathing analysis in a general population using standard pulse oximeter signals.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2013Article
- Ambulatory monitoring in the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2013Review
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Abstract
purposeObstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is highly prevalent in the elderly. Unattended, at-home portable monitoring (PM) is a diagnostic alternative to polysomnography in adults with high clinical probability of OSAS. However, no studies have evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of PM in elderly population. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of PM in elderly patients.
methodsWe selected patients aged over 65 years with suspected OSAS. Two-order randomized evaluations were performed: one night of at-home PM (PMhome) and one night of simultaneous PM and polysomnography (PSG) in the sleep lab (PSG+PM). We obtained three different apnea-hypopnea index (AHI): AHI from PSG (AHI PSG), AHI from at-home PM (AHI PMhome), and AHI from PM+PSG (AHI PM+PSG). Two technicians, blinded to the recording order, scored each sleep study.
resultsWe studied a total of 43 patients. No difference between the AHI values for each of the different recordings was found (p > 0.05). There was good correlation between AHI PSG and AHI PMhome (r = 0.67) and AHI PSG+PM (r = 0.84). The area under the receiver operator curve was above 0.83, indicating good sensitivity and a positive predictive value for AHI with cutoffs of 5, 15, and 30 and good specificity and negative predictive value for AHI values above 15. Correlation, accuracy, and agreement were greater when the recordings were made simultaneously.
conclusionsPM was effective for diagnosing OSAS in the elderly and can be used as an alternative to PSG in elderly patients with a high clinical probability of OSAS.
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