Weighted STOP-Bang and screening for sleep-disordered breathing

Weighted STOP-Bang and screening for sleep-disordered breathing

STOP-Bang is a tool for predicting the likelihood for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). In the conventional score, all variables are dichotomous. Our aim was to identify whether modifying the STOP-Bang scoring tool by weighting the variables could improve test characteristics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nahapetian, Ryan, Silva, Graciela E, Vana, Kimberly D, Parthasarathy, Sairam, Quan, Stuart F
Other Authors: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Language:en
Published: SPRINGER 2015
Subjects:
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Screening
Questionnaire
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623579
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/623579

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