Global burden of sleep‐disordered breathing and its implications

MM Lyons, NY Bhatt, AI Pack, UJ Magalang - Respirology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One‐seventh of the world's adult population, or approximately one billion people, are
estimated to have OSA. Over the past four decades, obesity, the main risk factor for OSA, has …

Redesigning care for OSA

LM Donovan, A Shah, CL Chai-Coetzer, F Barbé… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
Constrained by a limited supply of specialized personnel, health systems face a challenge in
caring for the large number of patients with OSA. The complexity of this challenge is …

Detecting sleep apnoea syndrome in primary care with screening questionnaires and the Epworth sleepiness scale

CV Senaratna, JL Perret, A Lowe… - Medical journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the utility of apnoea screening questionnaires, alone and in
combination with the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS), for detecting obstructive sleep …

Economic evaluation of diagnostic sleep studies for obstructive sleep apnoea in the adult population: a systematic review

AN Natsky, CL Chai-Coetzer, A Vakulin… - Sleep Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evidence regarding the cost-effectiveness of limited channel tests compared to laboratory
and home polysomnography (PSG) in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is …

Testing and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in Canada: funding models must change

SR Pendharkar, M Povitz, N Bansback, CFP George… - CMAJ, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
• Inadequate public funding for both sleep diagnostic testing and cost-effective treatments for
OSA has resulted in a strong reliance on privately funded care in most Canadian provinces …

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: preoperative and neurocognitive considerations for perioperative management

A Chandrakantan, MF Musso, T Floyd… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects up to 7.5% of the pediatric population and is
associated with a variety of behavioral and neurocognitive sequelae. Prompt diagnosis and …

Validation of a new, minimally-invasive, software smartphone device to predict sleep apnea and its severity: transversal study

J Frija, J Millet, E Béquignon, A Covali… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is frequent and responsible for cardiovascular complications
and excessive daytime sleepiness. It is underdiagnosed due to the difficulty to access the …

Alternative care pathways for obstructive sleep apnea and the impact on positive airway pressure adherence: unraveling the puzzle of adherence

ME Billings, SR Pendharkar - Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2021 - sleep.theclinics.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common, with an estimated population prevalence
ranging from 3% to 50% depending on age, sex, definition of disease, and body mass index …

Cost-effectiveness of obstructive sleep apnea screening and treatment before catheter ablation for symptomatic atrial fibrillation

H Kawakami, M Saito, S Kodera, A Fujii, T Nagai… - Circulation …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Although management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been
recommended to improve outcomes of catheter ablation (CA) in patients with symptomatic …

Screening moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea with wearable device

J Tisyakorn, N Saiphoklang, T Sapankaew, K Thapa… - Sleep and …, 2025 - Springer
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep-related breathing
disorder usually diagnosed through polysomnography (PSG). Moderate to severe OSA can …