The goal of this study is to collect clinical data on patients who have had a sleep study and are given a diagnosis of a sleep related breathing disorder such as obstructive sleep apnoea. Collecting this data in an organised way will mean that the investigators can monitor patients and their health outcomes.
This is a prospective database collecting: symptom, physiological, comorbidity and treatment response data
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
5,000
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
Number of patients consenting to participation in a database
From the whole cohort referred for a sleep study, the number of participants (percentage of the whole cohort) who sign a consent form and have data recorded will be calculated
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in symptoms and disease related variables
Changes in symptom based scores - Epworth sleepiness score between baseline and follow up Changes in disease parametrics including: AHI (apnoea/hypopnoea index), blood gas measurements (PO2, PCO2, pH, HCO3), lung function between baseline and follow up Additional variables may be added over the duration of the database
Time frame: 5 years initially, further ethical approval will be sought at 5 years to extend the database further
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