Open AccessPrototype of Customized Mobile Application for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Risk Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Priyanka Kapoor,
Poonam Sengar,
Aman Chowdhry
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of indian orthodontic society/jios : journal of indian orthodontic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-9098
pISSN - 0301-5742
DOI - 10.1177/0301574220982735
Subject(s) - obstructive sleep apnea , neurocognitive , medicine , risk assessment , scope (computer science) , telemedicine , pandemic , medical emergency , sleep apnea , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , cognition , health care , computer science , psychiatry , computer security , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language , economics , economic growth
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the most prevalent form of sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD), is associated with cardiovascular, neurocognitive, and metabolic complications. Evidence suggests that these comorbidities are also risk factors for enhanced severity in COVID-19 patients. Hence, initial diagnosis or screening of OSA-risk is a major requirement of current times, which can be fulfilled by a noncommercial, easily accessible mobile application for self-assessment of OSA-risk. The current article mentions a prototype of an “OSA-Risk Assessment Tool,” a mobile application developed after prior testing of needs analysis and comprising various interfaces for OSA-risk assessment in all age groups, and further refined for user applicability through a cognitive, pluralistic walkthrough and heuristic evaluation by the authors and four volunteers. It has huge scope of application in orthodontic clinics, primary healthcare centers in middle and low-income strata of developing countries, and multiple educational and licensing institutions for the larger benefit of the society.