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  • Sleep Medicine
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Diagnostic Accuracy Studies

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  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep-related breathing disorder linked to substantial health issues.
  • Accurate screening is crucial for timely diagnosis and management of OSA.
  • Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for OSA diagnosis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct an updated systematic review of literature on the diagnostic accuracy of OSA screening questionnaires.
  • To compare the effectiveness of various screening tools against PSG as the reference standard.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of studies published between January 2010 and April 2017.
  • Inclusion of population-based studies comparing OSA screening questionnaires with PSG.
  • Analysis of data from 39 studies involving 18,068 subjects.

Main Results:

  • Four questionnaires were validated: Berlin Questionnaire (BQ), STOP-Bang Questionnaire (SBQ), STOP Questionnaire (SQ), and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).
  • SBQ demonstrated higher sensitivity for mild and severe OSA (AHI ≥ 5 and ≥ 30 events/hour, respectively).
  • SQ showed the highest sensitivity for moderate OSA (AHI ≥ 15 events/hour).

Conclusions:

  • SQ and SBQ are dependable tools for screening OSA in sleep clinic populations.
  • Further validation studies are needed to assess the screening performance of these questionnaires in general populations.