Development and evaluation of a disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome
- VernacularTitle:阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征生命质量评估表的制定和检验
- Author:
Xiaoyan JIN
;
Yingyun CAI
;
Jin YAN
;
Jian ZENG
;
Yuan YAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome;
Quality of life;
Ins
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2003;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To develop an instrument to measure the quality of life (QOL) suitable for Chinese adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and evaluate it. Methods A list of 72 items potentially related to QOL of patients with OSAHS was constructed via discussion with OSAHS related people, as well as referring to some foreign QOL instruments. Twenty patients were asked to identify the most significant items. Then, frequency, importance and impact score, which is the product of frequency and importance, of the items were calculated. Those items with an impact score equal to or greater than 1.5 were retained in the instrument. Fifty-two OSAHS patients were divided into two groups based on their apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (AHI
