Can Statistical Machine Learning Algorithms Help for Classification of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity to Optimal Utilization of Polysomnography Resources?

Journal: Methods of information in medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study is to evaluate the results of machine learning methods for the classification of OSA severity of patients with suspected sleep disorder breathing as normal, mild, moderate and severe based on non-polysomnographic variables: 1) clinical data, 2) symptoms and 3) physical examination.

Authors

  • Selen Bozkurt
    Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medinice, 48000 Antalya, Turkey.
  • Asli Bostanci
  • Murat Turhan