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Are questionnaires reliable in diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing in university students?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2017

E Migacz ,
A Wichniak  and
W Kukwa
E Migacz
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
A Wichniak
Affiliation:
Third Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Disorders Center, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
W Kukwa*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Wojciech Kukwa, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Medical University of Warsaw, 19/25 Stepinska Street, 00-739 Warsaw, Poland E-mail: wojciechkukwa@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

This study aimed to screen young adults for sleep-disordered breathing, and compare those with high and low risk for sleep-disordered breathing.

Methods:

A survey based on the Berlin questionnaire was completed by 330 university students, and the results were used to divide them into sleep-disordered breathing positive and sleep-disordered breathing negative groups. A representative group was selected from each cohort (positive group, n = 16; negative group, n = 21), and assessed with sleep study, ENT examination, the Nose Obstruction Symptom Evaluation scale, and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

Results:

Sleep-disordered breathing prevalence was 11.2 per cent in the questionnaire and 24 per cent according to the sleep study. The sleep-disordered breathing positive and negative groups significantly differed in terms of coexisting sleep-disordered breathing symptoms. There were no significant differences between the positive and negative groups with regard to sleep study parameters (apnoea/hypopnoea index, respiratory disturbance index, oxygen desaturation index, snoring intensity) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

Conclusion:

Subjective and objective diagnostic tools revealed that sleep-disordered breathing is a common problem among young adults.

Keywords

Obstructive Sleep ApneaSnoringStudentsYoung AdultsQuestionnaires

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 131 , Issue 11 , November 2017 , pp. 965 - 971
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2017 

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Footnotes

Abstract presented at the 23rd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, 13–16 September 2016, Bologna, Italy.

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