caa a22 4500 606179925 CHVBK 20210128100803.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-015-0923-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-015-0923-9 The STOP-BANG questionnaire: reliability and validity of the Persian version in sleep clinic population [Elektronische Daten] [Khosro Sadeghniiat-Haghighi, Ali Montazeri, Ahmad Khajeh-Mehrizi, Mahsa Ghajarzadeh, Zahra Alemohammad, Omid Aminian, Mojtaba Sedaghat] Purpose: The snoring, tiredness, observed apnea, blood pressure, body mass index, age, neck circumference, gender (STOP-BANG) is a concise and effective obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening tool, part questionnaire (STOP), and part demographic or anthropometric measurements (BANG). The main purpose of this study was to translate this well-liked questionnaire into Persian and assess its reliability and validity in sleep clinic population. Methods: Standard forward-backward method was used for translation. A sample of 603 patients, who admitted to the sleep clinic, completely answered to the STOP questionnaire and underwent in-laboratory polysomnography, included in this study. Height, weight, and neck circumference were measured by technicians for calculating BANG score. The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) on the polysomnography was used as gold standard for OSA diagnosis: none (AHI<5), mild (5≤AHI<15), moderate (15≤AHI<30), and severe (AHI≥30). One hundred and forty one patients were answered to the STOP questionnaire twice at a time interval of 2-4weeks for test-retest analysis. Results: In reliability analysis, 124 (87.9%) patients had same STOP score and 130 (92.2%) patients were classified in same risk of OSA. Based on the polysomnography, 438 patients (72.6%) had mild (n=124, 20.4%), moderate (n=114, 18.9%), and severe (n=201, 33.3%) OSA, whereas according to the STOP-BANG, 502 patients (83.3%) were at high risk of OSA. The sensitivity and specificity of the STOP-BANG were found to be 91.6 and 45.2%, respectively, at AHI≥5, 97.1 and 35.2%, respectively, at AHI≥15, and 98 and 29.4%, respectively, at AHI≥30. The area under the curve of the STOP-BANG for identifying mild, moderate, and severe OSA was 0.805, 0.779, and 0.755, respectively. Conclusions: Persian version of the STOP-BANG performs similar to its original version and is an easy-to-use questionnaire which could be considered as a reliable and valid tool for OSA screening. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 STOP-BANG nationallicence Obstructive sleep apnea nationallicence Reliability nationallicence Validity nationallicence Polysomnography nationallicence Persian nationallicence Sadeghniiat-Haghighi Khosro Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Montazeri Ali Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Centre, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran aut Khajeh-Mehrizi Ahmad Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Ghajarzadeh Mahsa Brain and Spinal Injury Repair (BASIR) Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Alemohammad Zahra Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Aminian Omid Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Sedaghat Mojtaba Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/8(2015-08-01), 2025-2030 0962-9343 24:8<2025 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0923-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0923-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sadeghniiat-Haghighi Khosro Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Montazeri Ali Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Centre, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khajeh-Mehrizi Ahmad Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ghajarzadeh Mahsa Brain and Spinal Injury Repair (BASIR) Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alemohammad Zahra Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aminian Omid Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sedaghat Mojtaba Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/8(2015-08-01), 2025-2030 0962-9343 24:8<2025 2015 24 11136