Sleep disorder screening program
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1. A method of screening for risk of a sleep disorder comprising a) providing sleep health education to at least one member of an organization;
- b) offering a screening program to the at least one member;
c) upon acceptance of the offer issuing a portable screening device to the at least one member, wherein the portable screening device is adapted to monitor at least one respiratory parameter;
d) analysing the at least one respiratory parameter to screen for the risk of the sleep disorder; and
e) reporting the results.
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Abstract
A method of screening for the risk of a sleep disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea proceeds by first providing a sleep health education to a member of an organization, offering and following up by providing a portable screening device for use by the member at home, which monitors a respiratory parameter such as airflow and/or oxygen saturation. The data from the monitoring is then analysed to determine the presence of the sleep disorder and the results are then reported.
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1. A method of screening for risk of a sleep disorder comprising
a) providing sleep health education to at least one member of an organization; -
b) offering a screening program to the at least one member;
c) upon acceptance of the offer issuing a portable screening device to the at least one member, wherein the portable screening device is adapted to monitor at least one respiratory parameter;
d) analysing the at least one respiratory parameter to screen for the risk of the sleep disorder; and
e) reporting the results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11)
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7. An employee health benefit program comprising
a) providing sleep health education to at least one member of an organization; -
b) offering a screening program to the at least one member;
c) upon acceptance of the offer issuing a portable screening device to the at least one member, wherein the portable screening device is adapted to monitor at least one respiratory parameter;
d) analysing the at least one respiratory parameter to screen for the risk of the sleep disorder; and
e) reporting the results to the at least one member.
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8. A method of selecting participants for a sleep disorder screening program comprising
a) providing sleep health education program to at least one member of an organization, the education program including presenting identification characteristics of the sleep disorder; -
b) based on the education program the at least one member selects at least one person to be offered a sleep disorder screen;
c) offering the sleep disorder screen to the at least one selected person;
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10. A screening program for risk of a sleep disorder, wherein the program includes:
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providing sleep health education;
issuing a portable screening device for an individual to use at home, wherein the portable screening device is adapted to monitor at least one respiratory parameter, selected from the group consisting of airflow rate, airflow volume, or oxygen saturation;
analyzing the at least one respiratory parameter to determine the presence or absence of the sleep disorder; and
reporting the results to the individual. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A screening program for assessing a risk of a sleep disorder wherein
people are loaned a screening device to take home recording at least one respiratory parameter, download a night'"'"'s study for analysis, wherein the recorded respiratory parameters are selected from the group consisting of nasal flow and pressure snore signals, breathing sounds, respiratory flow, position, activity, leg movement, oxygen saturation, pulse, oral flow, and respiratory effort signals.
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25. A screening program for risk of a sleep disorder comprising
providing a portable screening device for use at home by an individual performing a risk assessment test overnight using the portable screening device, returning the device to the provider downloading data from the device analyzing the data.
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31. A sleep disorder screening program comprising
a sleep health education, an overnight home test with a portable screening device downloading the results of the home test, analyzing the results of the home test, commencement of a therapy trial and monitoring.
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