Awareness and knowledge of obstructive sleep apnea in the general population
| Autor: | Adeline Tan, Chi-Hang Lee, Jason Dean-Chen Yin, Yan Yi Cheung, Ching-Hui Sia, Linda W.L. Tan, Ching Yee Tan, Rob M. van Dam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Response rate (survey)
education.field_of_study Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Sleep disorder business.industry Population Odds ratio medicine.disease Confidence interval respiratory tract diseases Obstructive sleep apnea 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030228 respiratory system medicine Sleep study Risk factor education business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Zdroj: | 4.2 Sleep and Control of Breathing. |
| DOI: | 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa2322 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that remains under-diagnosed. Improved detection depends on increased public awareness. Aims: To assess awareness and knowledge of OSA in the population of a multiethnic Asian nation. Methods: The Singapore Health Study 2012 was a cross-sectional population-based study. A sample of 256 subjects completed the STOP-Bang questionnaire and a home-based sleep study. Moderate-to-severe OSA was defined as an apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) ≥15. Participants were then contacted by phone to complete a questionnaire assessing awareness and knowledge of OSA. Results: There were 217 completed surveys (response rate 84.8%) with 131 male participants (51.2%). Only 78 (35.9%) could correctly define OSA. A total of 48 (22.1%) and 80 (36.9%) respondents correctly listed ≥1 risk factor or symptom for OSA, respectively. Among 84 respondents with a STOP-Bang score ≥ 3, 24 (28.6%) correctly defined OSA, 16 (19.0%) correctly listed ≥1 risk factors and 29 (34.5%) correctly listed ≥1 symptoms. Among 61 respondents who had AHI ≥15, 11 (18.0%) correctly defined OSA, 6 (9.8%) correctly listed ≥1 risk factors and 11 (18.0%) correctly listed ≥1 symptoms. Significant predictors for incorrectly defining OSA included a low education (odds ratio (OR) 0.04, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.007-0.18), ethnicity (Chinese baseline; Malay OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.20-0.93; Indian OR 0.31, 95% CI 0.14-0.73) and a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe OSA on the home-based sleep study (OR 0.28, 95% CI 0.12-0.62). Conclusion: Public awareness and knowledge of OSA is poor. Respondents with moderate-to-severe OSA had the least knowledge. Considerable educational effort is needed to increase awareness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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