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Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The aim of our study was to validate a Greek translation of the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and to explore whether this screening questionnaire could be used to help identify primary care patients at greater risk of having OSAS. METHODS: We recruited 189 patients visiting a primary health care setting on the island of Crete, Greece. They all completed the Greek Version of the BQ. Patients were then referred to a Sleep Disorders Unit for evaluation of suspected sleep-disordered breathing. RESULTS: A PSG study was performed in 129 of the 189 subjects (68.3%). BQ identified 74.4% (n?=?96) of the patients as high-risk for OSAS and the remaining 25.6% (n?=?33) as low-risk. The sensitivity and specificity of BQ for OSAS diagnosis were 76% and 40%, respectively, for an apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) ?5 per hour but <15 per hour, 84% and 61% for an AHI ?15 per hour but ?30 per hour, and 79% and 39% for an AHI >30 per hour. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, the Greek Version of the BQ is a useful instrument for identifying patients at risk for OSAS in primary health care in Greece. The findings of our study confirm that such screening tools should be used by primary care clinicians for OSAS prediction.

SUBMITTER: Bouloukaki I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3561101 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece.

Bouloukaki Izolde I   Komninos Ioannis D ID   Mermigkis Charalampos C   Micheli Katerina K   Komninou Maria M   Moniaki Violeta V   Mauroudi Eleni E   Siafakas Nikolaos M NM   Schiza Sophia E SE  

BMC pulmonary medicine 20130124


<h4>Background</h4>The aim of our study was to validate a Greek translation of the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and to explore whether this screening questionnaire could be used to help identify primary care patients at greater risk of having OSAS.<h4>Methods</h4>We recruited 189 patients visiting a primary health care setting on the island of Crete, Greece. They all completed the Greek Version of the BQ. Patients were then referred to a Sleep Disorders  ...[more]

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