Screening commercial drivers for obstructive sleep apnea: Validation of STOP-Bang questionnaire
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Screening commercial drivers for obstructive sleep apnea: Validation of STOP-Bang questionnaire.
OBJECTIVES The main aim has been to examine psychometric properties of STOP-Bang (snoring, tiredness, observed apnea, high blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), age, neck circumference, male gender) scoring model (Serbian translation), an obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening tool, in a sample of commercial drivers. MATERIAL AND METHODS After formal translation, validation was performed on...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1232-1087,1896-494X
DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00906