Entropy in sleep disordered breathing
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The use of Entropy to support diagnoses in sleep disordered breathing
IRAS ID
330916
Contact name
Swapna Mandal
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2023/12/10 , The UCL data registration number
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 4 months, 28 days
Research summary
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) refers to a range of conditions, the most common of these is obstructive sleep apnoea. In obstructive sleep apnoea periodic pauses in breathing (apnoea), results in low blood oxygen levels. In order to detect these disorders patients often have to undertake a sleep study which involves measuring oxygen levels, heart rate and breathing, using complex equipment. This can take many months, due to significant demands on sleep services across the UK. We have undertaken some work that has demonstrated that by using entropy analysis we can use just heart rate or oxygen levels to determine if someone has sleep disordered breathing but we do not know if this measurement is the same across different sleep study kits. This study will see if the information from two sleep monitoring devices give the same results when entropy analysis is undertaken.
We wish to determine if information from two portable simple sleep monitoring device gives the same results when entropy analysis is undertaken.
REC name
London - South East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/LO/0215
Date of REC Opinion
16 Apr 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion