Corrigendum to “General practice sleep scale – The “GPSS” – A proposed new tool for use in General practice for risk assessment of obstructive sleep apnoea” [Sleep Med. 125 (2025) pages 168–176, (S1389945724005252), (10.1016/j.sleep.2024.11.022)]

Timothy Howarth, Joe Hedger, Winnie Chen, Himanshu Garg, Subash S. Heraganahally

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The authors regret that several errors have been picked up in the text within the following aspects: Figure 3 and the Appendices - GPSS Supplementary fillable form (Multimedia component 2) and GPSS-Tool (Figs1). In each of these components, the same errors are present. The errors have been highlighted with bold text to make reading easier. Question 1. What is your age? The second option reads “35–45 years”. It should be replaced with “34.1–45 years”. Question 2. What is your Body Mass Index (BMI)? The second option reads “25 to 30”. It should be replaced with “25 to 29.9”. The third option reads “30 to 40”. It should be replaced with “30 to 39.9”. The fourth option reads “More than 40”. It should be replaced with “ 40 or more”. Question 3. What is your Neck circumference or Collar size? Female. The second option reads “35.5–38cm”. It should be replaced with “35.6–38cm”. Male. The second option reads “39.5–46cm”. It should be replaced with “39.6–46cm”. Question 5. Has anyone ever seen you stop breathing, choking or gasping for air in you sleep? It should be replaced with “Has anyone ever seen you stop breathing, choking or gasping for air in your sleep?” Question 7. Do you fall asleep easily (e.g. during meetings, watching TV etc.) It should be replaced with “Do you fall asleep easily? (e.g. during meetings, watching TV etc.)” Furthermore, there is an incorrect reference in section 2.5. The paragraph reads: “Further details regarding PSG testing protocol as per recommended guidelines are available from a previous report from our centre [28]." The correct reference to use is Reference [29] S.S. Heraganahally, A. Kruavit, V.M. Oguoma, C. Gokula, S. Mehra, D. Judge, D. Sajkov Sleep apnoea among Australian aboriginal and non-aboriginal patients in the northern territory of Australia– a comparative study. Sleep, 43 (3) (2020), Article zsz248, 10.1093/sleep/zsz248. Finally, the caption for Fig 3 and the end text for Fig1 direct interested readers to online app versions of the GPSS for which the URL currently reads: "https://darwinsleephealth.netlify.app/". This URL should be replaced with “gpss.app” The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.[Figure

Original languageEnglish
Article number106721
Number of pages2
JournalSleep Medicine
Volume135
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2025

Keywords

  • Clinical tools
  • Diagnosis
  • Differential
  • Outcome assessment
  • Practice management
  • Risk assessment
  • Sleep disorders

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