Psychological Aspects in OSA

It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of nine items rated on a scale of 0-10. The first five items assess cognitive perceptions such as the impact on life (item 1); duration of illness (item 2); disease control (item 3); beliefs about treatment effectiveness (item 4); and symptom experience (item 5). Items 6 and 8 assess emotional aspects, such as concern about the illness and mood. Item 7 assesses the level of understanding of the illness. The last item requires respondents to rank the three factors that caused the illness. Cut-offs for the total score are determined as follows: <42 indicates a mild threat, 42-49 indicates a moderate threat, and ≥50 indicates a high threat.

CPAP therapy average daily adherence will be evaluated through data extraction from the integrated ventilator software during hospital visits.

A self-administered questionnaire consisting of 32 items divided into 4 subscales: "Consensus on important issues," "Satisfaction with relationship status," "Doing things together," and "Satisfaction with emotional and sexual life." To obtain the interpretation of the questionnaire, the average score for each area is calculated, noting that in the responses to questions 30 and 31, the corresponding score is 0 for NO and 1 for YES.

It is a self-administered questionnaire, consisting of two subscales of 18 items each, which assess Avoidance and Anxiety related to attachment in relationships with romantic partners. The items are rated on a 7-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree; 7=strongly agree), with higher scores indicating greater attachment avoidance and anxious attachment with romantic partners.

The short version with 6 items of the self-administered questionnaire composed of 22 items, which provides a subjective assessment of one's psychological well-being, on a 6-step Likert scale (0-5). Higher scores indicate greater psychological well-being.

It consists of 9 items corresponding to symptoms of major depression according to the DSM-IV. Scores range from 0 to 27. Scores between 0 and 9 indicate subthreshold depression. A score of 10 is identified as the point where the sensitivity and specificity of the instrument are recognized as optimal for detecting clinically significant depression.

It's a 7 items scale, designed to assess the severity of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms. Comprising seven items that inquire about common anxiety symptoms such as feeling nervous, worrying excessively, and experiencing restlessness. Each item on the scale is scored on a Likert scale ranging from 0 to 3, with responses indicating the frequency of symptoms over the past two weeks. The total score ranges from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater severity of anxiety symptoms.

It is a 21-items scale used to explore dream content on a 7-point Likert scale, from 0 (never) to 6 (almost every morning). It consists of a series of structured questions aimed at investigating various aspects of the dream experience.

A self-administered questionnaire, consisting of 8 items, on a 4-step Likert scale (0-3), regarding usual lifestyle habits in the recent period, aimed at exploring the presence of daytime sleepiness. Scores ≥10 indicate excessive daytime sleepiness.

A self-administered tool consisting of 19 items that assesses sleep quality. Patients can be classified as High Risk (if there are 2 or more categories in which the score is positive) or Low Risk (if there are no categories present or only one in which the score is positive), based on their responses to individual items and their overall scores in symptom categories; in addition, the 5 questions intended for the bed partner will also be included.