We will assess the quality of life in adults with of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and we'll use the Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life questionnaire. We want to compare these results with another population (control group) and our research team is discussing which population would be the most appropiated for it.
Hello Martha
This study used a 'healthy' population for the control:
Dutt, N., Janmeja, A. K., Mohapatra, P. R., & Singh, A. K. (2013). Quality of life impairment in patients of obstructive sleep apnea and its relation with the severity of disease. Lung India, 30(4), 289.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naveen_Dutt/publication/259337061_Quality_of_life_impairment_in_patients_of_obstructive_sleep_apnea_and_its_relation_with_the_severity_of_disease/links/0deec52c982259ed46000000.pdf
In contrast, this study used people with the condition, but did not give the control group the treatment:
Siccoli, M. M., Pepperell, J. C., Kohler, M., Craig, S. E., Davies, R. J., & Stradling, J. R. (2008). Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on quality of life in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea: data from a randomized controlled trial. Sleep, 31(11), 1551-1558.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Stradling/publication/23478332_Effects_of_continuous_positive_airway_pressure_on_quality_of_life_in_patients_with_moderate_to_severe_obstructive_sleep_apnea_data_from_a_randomized_controlled_trial/links/02e7e52cbffaed6356000000.pdf
It will be interesting to read further responses,
Very best wishes for your research,
Mary
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Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index SAQLI
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http://www.thoracic.org/members/assemblies/assemblies/srn/questionaires/saqli.php
Development of a Disease-specific Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire for Sleep Apnea
The Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index (SAQLI) was developed to record key elements of the disease that are important to patients. All items felt to influence the quality of life of these patients were identified. Final questionnaire items were selected by interviewing 113 patients with sleep apnea and 50 snorers who rated each item on whether it was a problem and the importance of it to their overall quality of life. Items for the final questionnaire were selected based on the rank order of the frequency 3 importance product. The rank ordering was similar across strata of disease severity and between sexes. The Calgary SAQLI has 35 questions organized into four domains: daily functioning, social interactions, emotional functioning, and symptoms. A fifth domain, treatment-related symptoms, can be added for clinical intervention trials to record the possible negative impacts of
treatment. The SAQLI has a high degree of internal consistency, face validity as judged by content experts and patients, and construct validity as shown by its positive correlations with the SF-36 and the improvement in scores in patients successfully completing a 4-wk trial of continuous positive airway
pressure. It includes items shown to be important to patients with sleep apnea and is designed as a measure of outcome in clinical trials in sleep apnea. Flemons WW, Reimer MA. Development of a disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaire for sleep apnea.
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