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Multi-Modal Home Sleep Monitoring in Older Adults
Published on: January 26, 2019
Sleep health primary care clinical resource
Stijn Soenen1, Alexander Sweetman2, Marcia Balzer3
1PhD, Researcher, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Qld.
Background:
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and insomnia are the two most common sleep disorders and are frequent reasons for presentation in Australian general practice.
Objective:
This article describes the development, content and suggested uses of the online sleep health primary care clinical resource, which provides general practitioners and other primary healthcare professionals with evidence-based information on the aetiology, assessment, management, referral and ongoing care for OSA and chronic insomnia.
Discussion:
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners-accepted clinical resource for the management of OSA and chronic insomnia in primary care was developed by the Australian National Centre for Sleep Health Services Research. The resource is designed to be used during consultations (eg following the steps in assessment and management and the use of online questionnaires for the assessment of OSA [Epworth Sleepiness Scale/OSA50/STOP-Bang] and insomnia [Sleep Condition Indicator/and Insomnia Severity Index]) and as an education/training tool (eg evidence on the role of continuous positive airway pressure/mandibular advancement splints for management of OSA and brief behavioural therapy for insomnia/cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia for the management of insomnia).
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