Comparison of “the STOP-Bang” and “the Modified Neck Circumference” obstructive sleep apnea screening questionnaires

  • Medhat Hannallah Department of Anesthesia, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Yonette Exeter Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, (USA)
  • Lauren Scher Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Ghofran Habib Department of Anesthesia, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
  • George Hwang Department of Anesthesia, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Ling Cai Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Keywords: Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Apnea, Screening, Questionnaires

Abstract

Background: This study was designed to determine the degree of correlation between two obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) questionnaires, the validated ‘STOP-Bang’ questionnaire and ‘Flemons’ Modified Neck
Circumference (MNC)’ questionnaire which had been used at our hospital for many years.
Methodology: With IRB approval and written informed patient consents, 197 adult outpatients presenting
for gastroenterological procedures were randomly screened for OSA risk using both the STOP-Bang and
the MNC questionnaires. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to measure the statistical
dependence of the scores calculated from the two questionnaires.
Results: The Spearman’s correlation between the STOP-Bang questionnaire score and the MNC
questionnaire score was 0.82 (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: There is a strong correlation between the STOP-Bang and the MNC questionnaires as
demonstrated in this study. Our successful experience with the MNC questionnaire justify conduction of
a randomized controlled trial to test the validity of the MNC questionnaire.

Published
01-26-2019
How to Cite
Hannallah, M., Exeter, Y., Scher, L., Habib, G., Hwang, G., & Cai, L. (2019). Comparison of “the STOP-Bang” and “the Modified Neck Circumference” obstructive sleep apnea screening questionnaires. Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 153-155. Retrieved from https://mail.apicareonline.com/index.php/APIC/article/view/310
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