Andrej Pangerc1, Marija Petek Šter2,3, Leja Dolenc Grošelj4,5. 1. Community Health Centre Bled, Bled, Slovenia. andrej.pangerc@gmail.com. 2. Community Health Centre Trebnje, Trebnje, Slovenia. 3. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 4. Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 5. Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To translate, culturally adapt and evaluate the Slovene version of the STOP-Bang questionnaire (SBQ) for use in the sleep clinic. METHODS: Standard forward-backward translation and harmonisation of the Slovene translation of the SBQ were performed. Test-retest reliability was performed on a sample of healthy subjects. A cross-sectional study was performed with patients referred for a sleep study. Patients filled out the Slovene translation of the SBQ before undergoing sleep study. RESULTS: The validation group consisted of 256 patients, of which 237 (92.6%) were included. Mean age was 52.5 ± 14.6, 63.3% of patients were male. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) (apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5) was present in 69.6% of patients, of whom 22.4% had mild (AHI ≥ 5 and < 15), 21.9% moderate (AHI ≥ 15 and < 30), and 25.3% severe (AHI ≥ 30) OSA. A SBQ score of 3 had a sensitivity of 92.1 (86.9-95.7), specificity of 44.4 (32.7-56.6), PPV of 79.2 (75.5-82.4) and AUC of 0.757 (95% CI 0.692-0.823; p < 0.001) for all OSA (AHI ≥ 5). Each increase in the SBQ score was associated with an increase in the probability of OSA. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the Slovene version of the SBQ is a valid tool for evaluating the risk of OSA in a sleep clinic.
PURPOSE: To translate, culturally adapt and evaluate the Slovene version of the STOP-Bang questionnaire (SBQ) for use in the sleep clinic. METHODS: Standard forward-backward translation and harmonisation of the Slovene translation of the SBQ were performed. Test-retest reliability was performed on a sample of healthy subjects. A cross-sectional study was performed with patients referred for a sleep study. Patients filled out the Slovene translation of the SBQ before undergoing sleep study. RESULTS: The validation group consisted of 256 patients, of which 237 (92.6%) were included. Mean age was 52.5 ± 14.6, 63.3% of patients were male. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) (apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI) ≥ 5) was present in 69.6% of patients, of whom 22.4% had mild (AHI ≥ 5 and < 15), 21.9% moderate (AHI ≥ 15 and < 30), and 25.3% severe (AHI ≥ 30) OSA. A SBQ score of 3 had a sensitivity of 92.1 (86.9-95.7), specificity of 44.4 (32.7-56.6), PPV of 79.2 (75.5-82.4) and AUC of 0.757 (95% CI 0.692-0.823; p < 0.001) for all OSA (AHI ≥ 5). Each increase in the SBQ score was associated with an increase in the probability of OSA. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the Slovene version of the SBQ is a valid tool for evaluating the risk of OSA in a sleep clinic.
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