Name of questionnaire | Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index SAQLI |
Type of questionnaire-description,age/population | Disease specific QOL in adults |
Number of items | 35 |
Number of domains & categories | 4+1 4 +1capturing the potentially negative quality of life impact of treatment side-effects |
Name of categories/domains | Daily functioning, social interactions, emotional functioning, and symptoms. negative quality of life impact of treatment side-effects |
Scaling of items | 7 point scale: "all the time" to "not at all" |
Scoring available: with permission or free | With permission |
Scoring test-retest reliability | Yes |
Scoring Internal consistency | Yes Cronbach’s alpha = 0.88 to 0.92 |
Validity |
Yes, correlations between SAQLI and SF-36 vitality domain: content validity, face validity and construct validity. Validation of SAQLI also performed in Persian-speaking patients with obstructive sleep apnea. |
Available forms (short and/or long etc.) | NA |
Language | English |
Translations in other languages (if yes, then list the languages) | Spanish and Persian |
Developer name | Flemons WW, MD |
Developer contact information |
W.W.Flemons/M.A. Reimer University of Calgary Calgary AB Canada T2N 4N1; Tel: 403 (403) 220-8583 Fax: (403)494–503. 283-4730 Calgary AB, T2N 4N1Email: flemons@ucalgary.ca; mareimer@ucalgary.ca |
Availability of questionnaire: needs permission from developer, cost or freely available | Permission required |
Limitations | - |
Link to the questionnaire (if available) | Original publication |
Other comments | Reports prior 4 weeks |
Patient populations in who questionnaire has been validated | - |
References (including original publication, validity and reliability in different countries/languages, populations and long/short versions) |
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Updated by | Fareeha Hafeez MD |
The last date of update | December 2016 |