Publications by authors named "Frances Clements"
Purpose: There is a paucity of data on preferences for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) diagnostic tests during pregnancy. Simple test completion rates fail to capture patient preference or experience of completing sleep diagnostic tests. We assessed preference, ease of use, convenience, and the repeatability of level I, II and III sleep diagnostic tests, using questionnaires, in pregnant women in early to mid-gestation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Polysomnography (PSG) may be completed in the home environment (unattended), and when self-applied, allow the collection of data with minimal healthcare worker intervention. Self-applied, unattended PSG in the home environment using Somte PSG V2 (Somte) has not been validated in pregnant women in early to mid-gestation. We undertook a study to evaluate the accuracy of Somte compared to attended PSG.
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- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Apnealink Air (AL) as a less invasive alternative to polysomnography (PSG) for detecting obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in pregnant women during early-mid gestation (≤ 24 weeks).
- A total of 49 pregnant participants were tested using both AL and PSG, with results indicating a high level of agreement between the two methods and finding that 29% of participants had OSA.
- The results showed that Apnealink Air outperformed traditional screening questionnaires and could effectively diagnose OSA using both manual and automatic scoring approaches.