Trial reportBMC pulmonary medicine2013
Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece.
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- Diagnostic utility of obstructive sleep apnea screening questionnaires: a comprehensive meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of screening questionnaires for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults in different clinical cohorts: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Pooled 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
- Validation of the Modified Berlin Questionnaire for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with a History of COVID-19 Infection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Validity and reliability of the Berlin questionnaire for the detection of moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea in patients aged 40 years or older detected from primary care.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- The Alonissos Study: Cross-Sectional Study of the Community Respiratory Health Status in a Greek Healthcare Access Underprivileged Island.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Cross Sectional Study of the Community Self-Reported Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and Awareness in Thessaly, Greece.Clocks & sleep · 2022Article
- Are the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) domains considered in the obstructive sleep apnea instruments? An integrative review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Review
- Association of Family Income with Health Indices and Healthcare Utilization in a Large Sample of Residents in Northern Greece.Maedica · 2020Article
- Measures of Sleep in Rheumatologic Diseases: Sleep Quality Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatologic Diseases.Arthritis care & research · 2020Review
- Investigation of the relationship between sleep disorders and xerostomia.Clinical oral investigations · 2020Observational
- Risk Assessment for Self Reported Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in a Greek Nursing Staff Population.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Clinical features of snoring patients during sedative endoscopy.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2019Article
- Screening Questionnaires for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Updated Systematic Review.Oman medical journal · 2018Review
- Identification of surgical patients at high risk of OSAS using the Berlin Questionnaire to detect potential high risk of adverse respiratory events in post anesthesia care unit.Frontiers of medicine · 2018Article
- Using the STOPBANG questionnaire and other pre-test probability tools to predict OSA in younger, thinner patients referred to a sleep medicine clinic.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2017Article
- Patients with symptoms and characteristics consistent with obstructive sleep apnea are at a higher risk for acute and subacute stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary stent implantation: a single-center case-control study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2017Article
- Screening commercial drivers for obstructive sleep apnea: translation and validation of Serbian version of Berlin Questionnaire.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Evaluation of Berlin Questionnaire Validity for Sleep Apnea Risk in Sleep Clinic Populations.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2016Article
- Assessing the risk of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome in elderly home care patients with chronic multimorbidity: a cross-sectional screening study.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of our study was to validate a Greek translation of the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and to explore whether this screening questionnaire could be used to help identify primary care patients at greater risk of having OSAS.
methodsWe recruited 189 patients visiting a primary health care setting on the island of Crete, Greece. They all completed the Greek Version of the BQ. Patients were then referred to a Sleep Disorders Unit for evaluation of suspected sleep-disordered breathing.
resultsA PSG study was performed in 129 of the 189 subjects (68.3%). BQ identified 74.4% (n = 96) of the patients as high-risk for OSAS and the remaining 25.6% (n = 33) as low-risk. The sensitivity and specificity of BQ for OSAS diagnosis were 76% and 40%, respectively, for an apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) ≥5 per hour but <15 per hour, 84% and 61% for an AHI ≥15 per hour but ≤30 per hour, and 79% and 39% for an AHI >30 per hour.
conclusionsIn conclusion, the Greek Version of the BQ is a useful instrument for identifying patients at risk for OSAS in primary health care in Greece. The findings of our study confirm that such screening tools should be used by primary care clinicians for OSAS prediction.
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