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We performed a single-center retrospective analysis of a quality improvement study on SDB screening of consecutive daytime, weekday, adult admissions to a stroke unit. We excluded patients who were unable to communicate and lacked available family members. Patients were screened with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Berlin Questionnaire, and STOP-BANG Questionnaire and underwent overnight PST and\/or outpatient PSG. The 4-item STOP Questionnaire was derived from STOP-BANG for a secondary analysis. We compared the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaires for the diagnosis of at least mild SDB (apnea hypopnea index (AHI) \u22655) on PST and correlated AHI measurements between PST and PSG using the Spearman correlation. Out of sixty-eight patients included in the study, 54 (80%) were diagnosed with SDB. Only one (1.5%) had a previous SDB diagnosis. Thirty-three patients completed all questionnaires and a PST. The STOP-BANG questionnaire had the highest sensitivity for at least mild SDB (0.81, 95% CI (confidence interval): 0.65\u20130.92) but a low specificity (0.33, 95% CI 0.10, 0.65). The discrimination of all questionnaires was overall poor (C statistic range 0.502\u20130.640). There was a strong correlation (r = 0.71) between the AHI results estimated using PST and outpatient PSG among 28 patients. The 4-item STOP Questionnaire was the easiest to administer and had a comparable or better sensitivity than the other questionnaires. Inpatient PSTs were useful for screening in the acute setting to facilitate an early diagnosis of SDB and to establish further outpatient evaluations with sleep medicine.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10163568","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,13]],"date-time":"2021-08-13T09:22:38Z","timestamp":1628846558000},"page":"3568","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Questionnaire and Portable Sleep Test Screening of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Acute Stroke and TIA"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Benjamin K.","family":"Petrie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Downtown Campus, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tudor","family":"Sturzoiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julie","family":"Shulman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saleh","family":"Abbas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hesham","family":"Masoud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Syracuse Campus, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jose Rafael","family":"Romero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tatiana","family":"Filina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Boston Children\u2019s Hospital at Waltham, Waltham, MA 02453, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thanh N.","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helena","family":"Lau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Judith","family":"Clark","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sanford","family":"Auerbach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yelena G.","family":"Pyatkevich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8584-1455","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hugo J.","family":"Aparicio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Medical Campus, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"},{"name":"Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"70","DOI":"10.1016\/j.smrv.2016.07.002","article-title":"Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in the general population: A systematic review","volume":"34","author":"Senaratna","year":"2017","journal-title":"Sleep Med. 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