Diagnostic accuracy of a two-stage model for detecting obstructive sleep apnoea in chronic tetraplegia

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is highly prevalent in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold-standard diagnostic test for OSA, however PSG is expensive and frequently inaccessible, especially in SCI. A two-stage model, incorporating a questionnaire followed by oximetry, has been found to accurately detect moderate to severe OSA (MS-OSA) in a non-disabled primary care population. This study investigated the accuracy of the two-stage model in chronic tetraplegia using both the original model and a modified version for tetraplegia.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 07, 2018
Source ID
10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211131

Entities

People

  • Ching Li Chai-coetzer
  • Chinnaya Thiyagarajan
  • David J Berlowitz
  • Mark S. Nash
  • Marnie Graco
  • Najib T Ayas
  • Peter Rochford
  • Rachel Schembri
  • Sally E Green
  • Shirin Shafazand
  • Susan Cross
  • Thomas Churchward
  • Viet H Vu
  • Warren R Ruehland

Organizations

  • National Health and Medical Research Council
  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.