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<p>Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) has been associated with possible negative outcomes, such as preeclampsia and foetal growth restriction. SDB screening tools have been developed for use within general populations. These included the use of self-reports and objective measurements. Seventeen pregnant women within their 34th to 37th week of pregnancy were recruited. Participants undertook an overnight study within their home and SDB symptoms were monitored using the Watch-PAT 200 and an infra-red video camera. The women were administered an online questionnaire comprised of the Multivariable Apnea Risk Index (MAP Index) and the Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire (BNSQ). More than half of our participants (n = 10) were identified as snorers while much fewer (n = 4) met the current cut off for diagnosis of mild SDB. Investigation of concordance and predictive value of self-report measures compared to standard video-scoring and Watch-PAT 200 determined SDB indicators suggests that self-reports may not provide an accurate assessment of SBD symptoms in late pregnancy. Self-report in this study, resulted in an underestimation of the number of participants who experienced SDB symptoms. This was a pilot study, with a small sample size. However, our study lends weight to others that found poor predictive value of common scales to detect SDB in pregnancy. Future study is therefore needed to validate screening tools, which may need to be a combination of measures.</p>
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Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) has been associated with possible negative outcomes, such as preeclampsia and foetal growth restriction. SDB screening tools have been developed for use within general populations. These included the use of self-reports and objective measurements. Seventeen pregnant women within their 34th to 37th week of pregnancy were recruited. Participants undertook an overnight study within their home and SDB symptoms were monitored using the Watch-PAT 200 and an infra-red video camera. The women were administered an online questionnaire comprised of the Multivariable Apnea Risk Index (MAP Index) and the Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire (BNSQ). More than half of our participants (n = 10) were identified as snorers while much fewer (n = 4) met the current cut off for diagnosis of mild SDB. Investigation of concordance and predictive value of self-report measures compared to standard video-scoring and Watch-PAT 200 determined SDB indicators suggests that self-reports may not provide an accurate assessment of SBD symptoms in late pregnancy. Self-report in this study, resulted in an underestimation of the number of participants who experienced SDB symptoms. This was a pilot study, with a small sample size. However, our study lends weight to others that found poor predictive value of common scales to detect SDB in pregnancy. Future study is therefore needed to validate screening tools, which may need to be a combination of measures.

Can pregnant women accurately report snoring? A pilot study

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Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) has been associated with possible negative outcomes, such as preeclampsia and foetal growth restriction. SDB screening tools...

Variable	Level	n/ Mean ±SD
Maternal Age	18 - 25y	5
	26 - 30y	4
	31 - 35y	6
	36 - 40y	2
Smoked in last 4 y	yes	1
	no	16
Family History of SDB	yes	3
	no	14
Frequent Nasal Stuffiness	yes	2
	no	15
Parity	First baby	12
	have 1 - 2 children	4
	have 3+ children	1
Gestational Age (weeks)		36.4 ± 1.2
Neck Circumference (cm)		34.1 ± 1.9

Objective measure	Classification Category		tdf
	Video-rated snorers (n = 10)	Video-rated non-snorers (n = 4 )	t12	p
BMI (kg/m²)	29.5 (4.3)	30.6 (6.5)	0.303	0.777
neck circ. (cm)	33.7 (2.1)	34.0 (1.2)	0.384	0.709
	RDI > 10 (n = 4 )	RDI ≤ 10 (n = 10)	t13	p
BMI (kg/m²)	32.0 (6.0)	28.24 (4.6)	1.129	0.318
neck circ. (cm)	34.2 (1.6)	34.0 (2.3)	0.198	0.848
	AHI > 5 (n = 4 )	AHI ≤ 5 (n = 10)	t13	p
BMI (kg/m²)	31.8 (6.0)	28.3 (4.6)	1.040	0.352
neck circ. (cm)	34.0 (1.2)	34.1 (2.3)	0.147	0.886

Can pregnant women accurately report snoring? A pilot study

Article Category: Short Report

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2022

Pages: 57 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21913/JDRSSesw.v1i1.1219

Mots clés
Sleep disordered breathing, snoring, pregnancy, sleep quality

© 2020 Warland J et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1.

Descriptive information for the 17 study participants.

Independent Samples t-test (equal variances not assumed) comparing BMI and neck-circumference in video-rated snorers v non-snorers and RDI/AHI-indicated SDB v non-SDB.

Can pregnant women accurately report snoring? A pilot study

Article Category: Short Report

Publié en ligne: 30 sept. 2022

Pages: 57 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21913/JDRSSesw.v1i1.1219

Mots clésSleep disordered breathing, snoring, pregnancy, sleep quality

© 2020 Warland J et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1.

Descriptive information for the 17 study participants.

Independent Samples t-test (equal variances not assumed) comparing BMI and neck-circumference in video-rated snorers v non-snorers and RDI/AHI-indicated SDB v non-SDB.

Mots clés
Sleep disordered breathing, snoring, pregnancy, sleep quality