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Comparative performance of screening instruments for obstructive sleep apnea in morbidly obese patients referred to a sleep laboratory: a prospective cross-sectional study.
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- Validation Performance of Screening Tools for Predicting Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Chinese Patients Undergoing Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: Insights from a Multicenter Database.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- The No-Apnea score for early obstructive sleep apnea detection in a sleep clinic: a study of diagnostic accuracy and comparative performance of three screening instruments.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predictive Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Diagnosis in Bariatric Surgery Candidates with or Without Chronic Insomnia Complaints.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Comparison of six assessment tools to screen for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with hypertension.Clinical cardiology · 2021Article
- Effects of age and sex on the performance of the NoSAS score as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea: a hospital-based retrospective study in China.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea: comparative performance of three screening instruments on the apnea-hypopnea index and the oxygen desaturation index.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
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- Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Bariatric Surgery Candidates.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- Validation of the GOAL Questionnaire as an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Instrument in Bariatric Surgery Candidates: a Brazilian Single-Center Study.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Diverse Bariatric Surgery Population.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Article
- Epigenetics dysfunction in morbid obesity with or without obstructive sleep apnoea: the EPIMOOSA study.Respiratory research · 2020Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening with a 4-Item Instrument, Named GOAL Questionnaire: Development, Validation and Comparative Study with No-Apnea, STOP-Bang, and NoSAS.Nature and science of sleep · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is very common occurrence among morbidly obese patients. Our main objectives were to validate the No-Apnea, a 2-item screening tool, in morbidly obese patients and compare its performance with three other instruments: STOP-Bang questionnaire, NoSAS score, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).
methodsA cross-sectional analysis of morbidly obese patients (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 35.0 kg/m
resultsA total of 1017 subjects (40.4% in BS cohort and 59.6% in NBS cohort) were evaluated. In the BS cohort, No-Apnea had similar discrimination to STOP-Bang and NoSAS for predicting OSA
conclusionsNo-Apnea is a useful and practical tool for screening of OSA in morbidly obese patients, with non-inferior performance to STOP-Bang questionnaire and NoSAS score.
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