Development and evaluation of a disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome / 中华全科医师杂志
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
;
(6)2003.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-574851
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
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Chinese
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Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
Year:
2003
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