Christophe Gauld, Sébastien Baillieul, Vincent P Martin, Alexandre Richaud, Régis Lopez, Marie Pelou, Poeiti Abi-Saab, Julien Coelho, Pierre Philip, Jean Louis Pépin, Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a heterogeneous condition covering many clinical phenotypes in terms of the diversity of symptoms. Patient-based OSA screening questionnaires used in routine practice contain significantly varying contents that can impact the reliability and validity of the screening. We investigated to what extent common patient-based OSA screening questionnaires differ or overlap in their item content by conducting a rigorous, methodical, and quantified content overlap analysis...
February 29, 2024: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: JCSM: Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine