Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) Screening

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What is OSA?

Obstructive sleep apnoea is a sleep-related breathing disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of complete or partial obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, causing apnoea (complete airflow obstruction with temporary absence or cessation of breathing) or hypopnoea (decreased airflow), respectively.

If you have irregular breathing during sleep, and cycles of transient arousal from sleep to restore normal airway muscle tone and airflow, then you may suffer from OSA.
OSA occurs due to excessive collapsing forces around the pharynx that exceed the decreased muscle tone during sleep. This leads to a restriction if the upper airwaves.
OSA can cause excessive daytime sleepiness, snoring, fatigue, witnessed apnoeas while sleeping, un-refreshing sleep and impaired concentration in adults.
Symptoms can be mild, moderate or severe. All can impact on quality of life.
OSA can affect all age groups, with an increasing prevalence with age and obesity.
Risk factors include increasing age, males, obesity, family history of OSA, nasopharyngeal obstruction (for example adenotonsillar hypertrophy), craniofacial abnormalities, neuromuscular disorders, and lifestyle factors (such as smoking, alcohol, and sleeping supine).
OSAS may be associated with cardiometabolic conditions, depression, and increased risk of work-related injuries and road traffic collisions in adults.
The first step is to contact our clinic coordinator to arrange your StopBang assessment screening sent out via email, text or WhatsApp.
If the StopBang assessment is positive, you will be invited into the clinic for an appointment for a physical assessment and sleep study screening device in your own home.
Once you have completed your overnight sleep study at home, the results will be automatically updated to our system.
When the results of your screening have uploaded and have been reviewed by our clinicians you will be invited for an appointment with our Respiratory/Sleep consultant Dr S Patel.
During your appointment you have a discussion regarding your diagnosis with advice of options for treatment.