PASHOS Project: Advanced Platform for Sleep Apnea Syndrome Assessment

PASHOS Project: Advanced Platform for Sleep Apnea Syndrome Assessment. A Multi-Centre Study to Validate a Sleep Apnea Screening Model in Primary Health Care

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a work-model in Primary Health Care for identifying patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome, based on clinical variables and an ambulatory monitoring study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients between 18 to 75 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cognitive impairment or psycho-physical deterioration that impede to perform ambulatory monitoring study.
• Worsened or unstable cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease.
• Chronic insomnia (<5h sleep / day).
• Relevant respiratory comorbidity that could interfere with arterial saturation measurements, as moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Neuromuscular disease.
• Refusal to participate in the study.