ReviewOman medical journal2018
Screening Questionnaires for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Updated Systematic Review.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The interconnection between obstructive sleep apnoea and spondyloarthritis: pathophysiology, clinical evidence, and future perspectives.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- SDANN May Be Used as a Screening Factor of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adult Individuals.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- Integrating physiological signals for enhanced sleep apnea diagnosis with SleepNet.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Circulating CHI3L1 autoantibodies serve as a diagnostic biomarker in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The prevalence and risk factors of respiratory symptoms in Finland: a comparative analysis.European clinical respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Design and Validation of Sleep Apnea Risk Assessment (SARA): A Screening Tool for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Tongue Ultrasonography in the Screening of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome-Promising Potential for Overloaded Sleep Centers.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Screening for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea by using heart rate variability features based on random forest algorithm.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Effects of zinc supplementation on sleep quality in humans: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Screening for treatment-required sleep apnoea in patients with spinal cord injury within one year after injury in a rehabilitation setting.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Observational
- Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Features and Screening Diagnostic Options.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- A New Screening Tool (BAMSA) for Sleep Apnea in Male Professional Truck Drivers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Risk of obstructive sleep apnea among health workers: results of a screening in a large Italian University Hospital.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Article
- Screening Tools for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnant Women: An Extended and Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of preventive medicine · 2024Review
- The predictive values of BOAH and No-apnea score for screening obstructive sleep apnea in rotating shift worker drivers.Sleep medicine: X · 2023Article
- Effect of Prosthetic Rehabilitation on Airway Space in Edentulous Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea- a Preliminary Observational Study.Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is associated with significant morbidity. We sought to present an updated systematic review of the literature on the accuracy of screening questionnaires for OSA against polysomnography (PSG) as the reference test. Using the main databases (including Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Scopus) we used a combination of relevant keywords to filter studies published between January 2010 and April 2017. Population-based studies evaluating the accuracy of screening questionnaires for OSA against PSG were included in the review. Thirty-nine studies comprising 18 068 subjects were included. Four screening questionnaires for OSA had been validated in selected studies including the Berlin questionnaire (BQ), STOP-Bang Questionnaire (SBQ), STOP Questionnaire (SQ), and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). The sensitivity of SBQ in detecting mild (apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5 events/hour) and severe (AHI ≥ 30 events/hour) OSA was higher compared to other screening questionnaires (range from 81.08% to 97.55% and 69.2% to 98.7%, respectively). However, SQ had the highest sensitivity in predicting moderate OSA (AHI ≥ 15 events/hour; range = 41.3% to 100%). SQ and SBQ are reliable tools for screening OSA among sleep clinic patients. Although further validation studies on the screening abilities of these questionnaires on general populations are required.
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