Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Internet: Randomized Trial

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Hwang, Kevin O ^a   Hamadah, Abdurrahman M ^a   Johnson, Craig W ^b   Thomas, Eric J ^a,c   Goodrick, G Ken ^a   Bernstam, Elmer V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70349479208     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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