ArticleSleep and biological rhythms2023
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis of sleep apnea: an observational study of a hybrid virtual care clinical pathway.
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- Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)-related healthcare: a province-based study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea after COVID-19: An Observational Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Difficulties and countermeasures in the field of sleep medicine during the pandemic.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2023Article
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Abstract
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been a reduction in patient uptake of in-person care, likely in part, due to patients' fear of contracting COVID infection. We aimed to examine changes in the proportion of patients assessed in a sleep clinic who subsequently underwent in-lab polysomnography before and during the pandemic. A retrospective study was conducted, comparing the periods September 2018-April 2019 (pre-pandemic) and September 2020-April 2021 (pandemic). Among the patients who were referred to an ambulatory sleep clinic in Toronto, Ontario for assessment of possible sleep apnea, the number of patients who underwent diagnostic PSG within 90 days from the first consultation with a physician was analyzed. Significantly lower number of patients underwent PSG in the pandemic than the pre-pandemic period [122/229 patients (53.3%) vs. 169/208 patients (81.3%),
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