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Proposition of a new, minimally-invasive, software smartphone device to predict sleep apnea and its severity

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: obstructive sleep apnea is underdiagnosed due to limited access to polysomnography (PSG). We aimed to assess the performances of Apneal ® , an application recording sound and movements thanks to a smartphone’s microphone, accelerometer and gyroscope, to estimate patients’ apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). monocentric proof-of-concept study with a first manual scoring step, then automatic detection of respiratory events from recorded signals using a sequential deep-learning model (version 0.1 of Apneal ® automatic scoring of respiratory events, end 2022), in adult patients. 46 patients (women 34%, BMI 28.7 kg/m²) were included. Sensitivity of manual scoring was 0.91 (95% CI [0.8-1]) for IAH > 15 and 0.85 [0.67-1] for AHI > 30, and positive predictive values (PPV) 0.89 [0.76–0.97] and 0.94 [0.8-1]. We obtained an AUC-ROC of 0.85 (95% CI [0.69–0.96]) and AUC-PR of 0.94 (95% CI [0.84–0.99]) for the identification of AHI > 15, and AUC-ROC of 0.95 [0.860.99] and AUC-PR of 0.93 [0.81–0.99] for AHI > 30. The ICC between the AHI estimated manually, and from the PSG is 0.89 ( p = 6.7 × 10 − 17 ), Pearson correlation 0.90 ( p = 1.25 × 10 − 17 ). Automatic scoring found sensitivity of 1 [0.95-1], PPV of 0.9 [0.8–0.9] for AHI > 15, and sensitivity 0.95 [0.84-1], PPV 0.69 [0.52–0.85] for AHI > 30. The ICC between the estimated AHI, and PSG scorings is 0.84 ( p = 5.4 × 10 − 11 ) and Pearson correlation is 0.87 ( p = 1.7 × 10 − 12 ). Manual scoring of smartphone-based signals is possible and accurate compared to PSG-based scorings. Automatic scoring method based on a deep learning model provides promising results. NCT03803098.

Source: Sleep And Breathing

DOI: 10.1007/s11325-025-03441-w