The National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project Sleep Health Surveillance Questionnaire as an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surveillance Tool

Abstract

Study Objectives: To validate the previously published National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project (NHSAP) Surveillance and Epidemiology Workgroup questionnaire for ability to determine risk for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: The NHSAP sleep questions, part of the next Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), were constructed to mimic elements of the STOP sleep apnea questionnaire, and included number of days with sleep disruption and unintentional dozing and a history of snoring and apneas. The responses to four sleep questions from the BRFSS were collected from 352 adults undergoing in-laboratory polysomnography at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Demographic and clinical information, including sex, age, body mass index (BMI), and presence of hypertension, which will be available in other parts of the complete BRFSS, were obtained by chart review. Univariate and logistic regression analyses were performed, and values of P