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- Title
Validity of the epworth sleepiness scale as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea.
- Authors
Bonzelaar, Lauren B.; Salapatas, Anna M.; Yang, Junhua; Friedman, Michael
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives/hypothesis: </bold>To determine whether the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) can be improved by having a bed partner or roommate ("partner") also fill out the questionnaire; and to assess the applicability of the eight items in the questionnaire, particularly in an urban population.<bold>Study Design: </bold>Retrospective chart review.<bold>Methods: </bold>A retrospective chart review was conducted to identify charts of subjects with an ESS score collected from both the subject and a partner. Consensus scores were also identified. Self-reported ESS scores were compared to partner and consensus ESS scores. The number of subjects who did not drive was determined.<bold>Results: </bold>One hundred consecutive charts were included in this study. Mean ESS score was significantly higher when scored by the partner (10.4 ± 5.8) compared to the subject (7.2 ± 4.7). In 73% of cases, the subject underestimated their score compared to the score given by the partner. The mean difference in score was 3.2 ± 3.5. Mean consensus ESS score was 12.3 ± 5.4. Using an ESS score of ≥10 as abnormal, subject scores did not correlate with the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA; P = .095). Partner and consensus scores, however, did correlate with the presence of OSA (P = .003 and P =.039, respectively). Thirty-five percent of our subjects did not drive.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The difference in mean ESS score obtained from the subject compared to partner implies that this diagnostic form should be completed as a consensus between the patient and partner to provide a more accurate score.<bold>Level Of Evidence: </bold>4 Laryngoscope, 2016 127:525-531, 2017.
- Subjects
EPWORTH Sleepiness Scale; SLEEP apnea syndromes; ROOMMATES; RETROSPECTIVE studies; CITY dwellers; HYPERSOMNIA; MEDICAL screening; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS; RESEARCH bias; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 2017, Vol 127, Issue 2, p525
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/lary.26206