EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE: A SCREENING TOOL FOR PATIENTS WITH SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING

TOPIC: Sleep Disorders TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a simple screening questionnaire to diagnose the patients with Excessive day-time sleepiness and at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea. It set 8 questions given patient suspected excessive sleepiness. Each question be graded between 0-3 by patients.Total score value 24. According response, they are graded. Scores 11 above suggestive daytime these prioretized for polosomnography. Aim:The aim this investigation was to:1. To study correlation ESS Apnoea Hypopnoea Index (AHI) METHODS: A retrospective done City Hospital December 2018 2020. Data collected from 125 patients. score, AHI, BMI, age collected. Patients had undergone whole night polysomnography. details their PSG checked data analysed. Inclusion criteria:1. more than 112. BMI 303. who polysomnography (PSG)4 18 years were included Exclusion on anti-psychiatric medications2. actice tuberculosis anti-tubercular therapy3. recent history stroke in past 3 months4. myocardial infarction months RESULTS: 1. 75 males 50 females included2. Mean population 48±10 (p value<0.01)3. 36±5 value<0.04)4.Mean 11±8 value<0.05)5.Mean AHI as measured my 13±7 value<0.01) CONCLUSIONS: Results clinical audit demonstrate that correlates AHI. Therefore, it can recommended has all if there limited recourses non-availability routine case our centre, efficiently triaged per those OSA promptly subjected diagnosed treated acordingly. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: thus approriately DISCLOSURES: No relevant relationships Sarang Patil, source=Web Response