Screening commercial drivers for obstructive sleep apnea: translation and validation of Serbian version of Berlin Questionnaire

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 343-349

  Popević, Martin B ^a,b   Milovanović, Anđela ^a,c   Nagorni Obradović, Ljudmila ^a,c   Nešić, Dejan ^a   Milovanović, Jovica ^a,c   Milovanović, Aleksandar P S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Serbian Institute of Occupational Health   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Obstructive; Questionnaires; Sleep apnea; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIVER; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SELF REPORT; SERBIA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BERLIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SELF REPORT; SERBIA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955353174     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1087-3     Document Type: Article

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