title: Clinical validation of the Bedbugg in detection of obstructive sleep apnea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate the accuracy of the Bedbugg, a new home monitoring device for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Simultaneous sleep monitoring was performed by formal polysomnography and by Bedbugg. Monitoring was performed in a university sleep center in 42 subjects who had previously been scheduled for polysomnography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The correlation for the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) between polysomnography and Bedbugg was r = 0.96. The sensitivity of Bedbugg for detecting an AHI > 15 was 85.7%. The specificity of Bedbugg for detecting an AHI < 15 was 95.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Bedbugg device provides an accurate assessment of the apnea-hypopnea index.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Accurate home monitoring for sleep apnea may provide access to care for a higher proportion of undiagnosed sleep apnea patients.
authors.affiliation: UCSF Sleep Disorders Center, UCSF, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. dclaman@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Claman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trotter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*