Sleep apnea screening through a news portal using the STOP-bang questionnaire.

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Sleep and Breathing Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI:10.1007/s11325-025-03253-y

Daniel Solomons, Daniel Schonfeld, Sergio Arias, Daniel E Vigo, Mikel Azpiazu, Daniel Pérez-Chada

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Abstract

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects up to 936 million adults globally and is linked to significant health risks, including neurocognitive impairment, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic conditions. Despite its prevalence, OSA remains largely underdiagnosed. This study aimed to enhance OSA awareness and risk assessment using the STOP-Bang questionnaire in a telemedicine format.

Methods: During a six-week campaign on a popular Latin American news portal, 5,966 adults completed the STOP-Bang questionnaire. Participants reporting moderate or severe OSA risk were advised to seek clinical evaluation.

Results: Among respondents, 44.7% were identified as having a moderate-to-high risk for OSA. Key risk factors included snoring, witnessed apneas, hypertension, male gender, older age, high BMI, and larger neck circumference. Statistical analyses showed significant associations between these variables and OSA risk.

Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of increasing OSA visibility and early detection in the general population. Despite limitations such as selection bias and potential false negatives/positives with the STOP-Bang tool, the findings demonstrate the potential of media campaigns to raise awareness and prompt early medical consultation. Future efforts should include follow-up assessments to evaluate healthcare-seeking behavior and confirm OSA diagnoses, contributing to improved public health outcomes.

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Sleep and Breathing 医学-呼吸系统

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

4.00%

发文量

222

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Sleep and Breathing aims to reflect the state of the art in the international science and practice of sleep medicine. The journal is based on the recognition that management of sleep disorders requires a multi-disciplinary approach and diverse perspectives. The initial focus of Sleep and Breathing is on timely and original studies that collect, intervene, or otherwise inform all clinicians and scientists in medicine, dentistry and oral surgery, otolaryngology, and epidemiology on the management of the upper airway during sleep. Furthermore, Sleep and Breathing endeavors to bring readers cutting edge information about all evolving aspects of common sleep disorders or disruptions, such as insomnia and shift work. The journal includes not only patient studies, but also studies that emphasize the principles of physiology and pathophysiology or illustrate potentially novel approaches to diagnosis and treatment. In addition, the journal features articles that describe patient-oriented and cost-benefit health outcomes research. Thus, with peer review by an international Editorial Board and prompt English-language publication, Sleep and Breathing provides rapid dissemination of clinical and clinically related scientific information. But it also does more: it is dedicated to making the most important developments in sleep disordered breathing easily accessible to clinicians who are treating sleep apnea by presenting well-chosen, well-written, and highly organized information that is useful for patient care.