Open AccessValidation of the NoSAS score for screening sleep-disordered breathing: A sleep clinic- based study in Turkey
Author(s) -
Burcu Oktay Arslan,
Zeynep Zeren Uçar,
Özgür Batum,
Mehmet Orman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2002-54
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics
The NoSAS score is a new tool for the identification of high-risk patients for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). The aim of this study was to validate the NoSAS score in a sleep clinical population in Turkey and compare its performance with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), STOP-Bang, and Berlin questionnaires for high-risk SDB.