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Adults’ Knowledge And Beliefs Surrounding Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Mazen Homoud
Adults’ Knowledge And Beliefs Surrounding Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Mazen Homoud
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Undiagnosed individuals with signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at higher risk of severe health complications than healthy individuals, and they pose a huge economic burden on society as well. Some scholars reported the lack of public knowledge of OSA as a major contributor to this phenomenon. However, there is a lack of information about assessing public knowledge and health belief of OSA and its nature across the risk level of having OSA.
Two self-reporting questioners were used in this mixed method study, a PI developed survey, the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Knowledge and Belief (OSA-KAB) © was …