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Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index

Name of Questionnaire

Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index (SAQLI)

Description

A condition-specific HRQL measure designed to evaluate aspects of quality of life important to patients and that could be improved with treatment.

Developer(s)

WW Flemons & MA Reimer

Address

W. Ward Flemons
Alberta Lung Association Sleep Disorders Centre
Foothills Hospital
1403 29th Street NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9

E-mail

flemons@ucalgary.ca

Cost & availability

Contact WW Flemons for permission to use.

Administration

Interviewer

Time to complete

Not reported.

Number of items

Domains & categories (#)

5 domains

Name of categories/domains

Role functioning, social interactions, emotional functioning, symptoms, treatment-related symptoms

Scaling of items

7 point Likert scales ("all the time" to "not at all")

Scoring

Details in paper²

Reliability

a. Test-retest/reproducibility:	Not reported
b. Internal consistency:	Reported²

Validity

Correlations between SAQLI and SF-36 vitality domain² .

Responsiveness

Correlations between SAQLI rating of change score and SF-36 vitality domain change score (r=.81, p=0.0002)²

Research Use

Pre/Post Treatment²

Clinical Use

Not reported.

Language(s)

Original: English

References

Flemons WW, Tsai W. Quality of life consequences of sleep-disordered breathing. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997;99:S750-6.
Flemons WW, Reimder MA. Development of a disease-specific health-related quality of life question for sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:494-503.

Date of information

March 1999