Quality of Life and FOSQ
		The FOSQ can be used to determine how disorders of excessive sleepiness such as sleep apnea affect patients' abilities to conduct normal activities and the extent to which these abilities are improved by effective treatment of DOES or sleep apnea. —Weaver, Laizner, Evans, Maislin, Chugh, Lyon, Smith, Schwartz, Redline, Pack and Dinges. SLEEP 1997, 20(10):835-843.

Facts The centerpiece and unifying ingredient of outcomes management is the tracking and measurement of function and well-being or quality of life. The Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ) can be used to determine how sleep apnea affects patients' abilities to conduct normal daily activities. The results of quality of life measurements are equivalent to other chronic diseases. OSA markedly impairs all aspects of a patient's quality of life. Articles Indicates that an article is available in hard copy. Please click on the image to use the Contact form to request the article. An Instrument to Measure Functional Status Outcomes for Disorders of Excessive Sleepiness. —Terri E. Weaver. Andrea M. Laizner, Lois K. Evans, Greg Maislin, Deepak K. Chugh, Kerry Lyon, Philip L. Smith, Alan R. Schwartz, Susan Redline, Allan I. Pack and David F. Dinges. SLEEP 1997, 20(10):835-843.   The Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Sleep Symptoms with Quality of life in the Sleep Heart Health Study. —Carol M. Baldwin, Kent A. Griffith, F. Javier Nieto, George T. O'Connor, Joyce A. Walsleben, Susan Redline. SLEEP 2001, 24(1):96-105.   Quality of Life in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Effect of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure—A Prospective Study. —Carolyn D'Ambrosio, Teri Bowman, Vahid Mohsenin. Chest, 115(1): 123-129, January 1999.