Validation of Downloadable Mobile Snore Applications by Polysomnography (PSG)

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Snoring; Apnea, Obstructive

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: SnoreLab (smart phone application for snoring recording)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03890549

201801799B0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to validate the downloadable mobile snore applications by polysomnography.

Full description

Obstructive sleep apnea(OSA) is characterized by multiple episodes of upper airway collapse during sleep and considered as a major health issue worldwide due to comorbidity with obesity, hypertension, diabetes and more advanced cardiovascular diseases. The noisy sounds of snoring caused by OSA bother bed partner sleepless and lead to long-term health problems. Mobile snore applications are convenient and accessible for patients to monitor the progress of OSA by themselves, but there are no reliable PSG-validated applications.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing to sign inform consent with aged more than 20 years old
• Mild to moderate OSA, AHI (apnea-hypopnea index) < 30

Exclusion criteria

• Significant lung disease
• Skeletal facial framework problems
• Central apnea
• Receiving acupuncture in recent 2 weeks
• Taking hypnotic drugs

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

obstructive sleep apnea group

Description:

The patients were diagnosed by thoracic and ENT (Eye-Nose-Throat) specialist through polysomnography.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: SnoreLab (smart phone application for snoring recording)