Quality of life assessment of treatment with dental appliance or UPPP in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea. A prospective randomized 1-year follow-up study

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-308

  Walker Engstrom ^a,b   Wilhelmsson, ^a,b   Tegelberg, ^a,b   Dimenas ^a,b   Ringqvist, ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Astra Zeneca Mölndal ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

1 year follow up; Dental appliance; Quality of life; Sleep apnoea; UPPP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULA;

EID: 0033797360     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2000.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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