Comparison of four established questionnaires to identify highway bus drivers at risk for obstructive sleep apnea in Turkey

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Firat, Hikmet ^a   Yuceege, Melike ^a   Demir, Ahmet ^b   Ardic, Sadik ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Driver; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomography; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRIVER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OSA50 QUESTIONNAIRE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; STOP BANG QUESTIONNAIRE; STOP QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEART RATE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STOP-BANG QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84863877601     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2012.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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