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Availability

Please email the authors for information about obtaining the instrument:
fgm@mail.med.upenn.edu
Classification
Short Description of Instrument
The Survey Screen for Sleep Apnea (SSSA) contains 13 self-report symptom frequency questions that are designed to distinguish between individuals who suffer from sleep apnea and individuals who do not.
 
The symptoms included in the questionnaire are associated with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea-related symptoms, difficulty sleeping symptoms, EDS symptoms, and narcolepsy-like symptoms. From these 13 symptoms, 3 were related to sleep-disordered breathing/apnea.
Scoring
The patient must classify each symptom according to the frequency of appearance over the past month on a scale of 0 to 4.
References
Maislin G, Pack AI, Kribbs NB, et al. A survey screen for prediction of apnea. Sleep 1995;18:158-166.
 
Maislin G, Garubhagavatula I, Hachadoorian R, Pack F, O'Brien E, Staley B, Dinges DF, Pack AI. Operating characteristics of the multivariable apnea prediction index in non-clinic populations Sleep 26 Abstract Supplement 2003, 0618.J, page A247.
 
Document last updated August 2022