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Stop-bang questionnaire for assessing obstructive sleep apnoea risk

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The STOP-BANG questionnaire includes four subjective (STOP: snoring, tiredness, observed apnea, and high blood pressure) and four demographics items (Bang: body mass index [BMI], age, neck circumference, gender)

  • answering yes to three or more items is categorized as high risk for OSA (1)

  • STOP-BANG questionnaire validated in meta-analysis for screening of OSA in sleep clinic and surgical population (2)

 

Questionnaire titled STOP BANG for assessing the risk of obstructive sleep apnea with columns for yes or no answers to questions about snoring, tiredness, observed breathing pauses, high blood pressure, BMI, age, neck circumference, and gender.

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