The sleep apnea calculator is based on the Multivariable Apnea Prediction (MAP) Index to predict your risk of Sleep Apnea.
What is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is a common disorder having one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while sleeping. The Greek word ‘apnea’ literally means ‘without breath.’
Sleep-disordered breathing or breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They often occur five to 30 times or more an hour. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound.
Complications of Sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and all-cause mortality. Twenty-five percent of adults in the United States are estimated to be at high risk for OSA, but up to 90% of this population is undiagnosed.
Sleep apnea diagnosis
The large percentage does undiagnosed maybe because the sleep apnea diagnosis test is a costly and cumbersome test known as Nocturnal polysomnography. During this test, you are wired with different equipment to monitor your heart, lung, and brain activity, breathing patterns, arm and leg movements, and blood oxygen levels while you sleep.
What is the Sleep Apnea Calculator
A low-cost reliable method for discriminating between patients likely and not likely to have sleep apnea syndrome among those with sleep disorders would be useful for efficiently targeting specific persons for more in-depth clinical evaluation.
The Multivariable Apnea Prediction (MAP) index is a screening tool developed for predicting sleep apnea risk. The predictive probability of the MAP index has been shown to have high sensitivity and specificity.
This MAP-based sleep apnea calculator is based on the article published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 2 February 15, 2018.
The calculator is a screening tool for OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea). The calculator takes less than 1 minute to complete and combines self-reported apnea symptoms and age, sex, and body mass index (BMI). The self-reported sleep apnea symptoms they experienced during the last month include:
- loud snoring
- snorting or gasping and
- cessation of breathing or choking or struggling for breath.
The responses are rated as 0 to 4;
- 4 = always (5–7 times per week);
- 3 = frequently (3–4 times per week);
- 2 = sometimes (1–2 times per week);
- 1 = rarely (less than once a week);
- 0 = never, and do not know (missing data point).
Sleep Apnea Calculator