CompletedNot Applicable

Cheeks Appearance as a Novel Predictor of Obstructive Sleep Apnea The CASA Score Study

Brazil319 participantsStarted 2019-01-10

Plain-language summary

Cheeks appearance is a screening tool developed based on cheeks observation to identify volume, flaccidity or both to predict people with probable obstructive sleep apnea.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Sleep complaints * 18 years old or older * Undergoing polysomnography in the private sleep clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Previous OSA diagnose * Severe comorbidities such as neurologic diseases or others condition that could cause facial edema or facial deformities * Facial hair that could difficult the facial landmarks visualization * Previous facial surgical procedure

What they're measuring

Cheeks appearance

Timeframe: Immediately after the evaluation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04980586

SponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-03-26

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