Awareness Level of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome During Routine Unstructured Interviews of a Standardized Patient by Primary Care Physicians
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Awareness level of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome during routine unstructured interviews of a standardized patient by primary care physicians.
OBJECTIVE To assess the awareness level of primary care physicians of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome during patient-physician encounters. DESIGN A prospective study using a standardized patient approach, conducted between December 2001 and March 2002. Ten sleep experts reviewed and approved the checklist questionnaire. SETTING Primary care clinics of Clalit Health Care Services, in the ce...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sleep
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1550-9109,0161-8105
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/27.8.1518