Stop-bang questionnaire for assessing obstructive sleep apnoea risk
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)
Reference:
- Chung F et al. STOP questionnaire: A tool to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea. Anesthesiology. 2008;108:812-21
- Nagappa M, Liao P, Wong J, Auckley D, Ramachandran SK, Memtsoudis S, et al. Validation of the STOP-bang questionnaire as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea among different populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0143697.
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