Compliance with continuous positive airway pressure therapy: assessing and improving treatment outcomes

R Zozula, R Rosen - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… because of the lack of perceived benefit with CPAP therapy [20••] . Continuous positive
airway pressure compliance also differs depending on the context of therapy; patients managed …

Predictors of long-term compliance with continuous positive airway pressure

M Kohler, D Smith, V Tippett, JR Stradling - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
… patients using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy versus time according to
… age remained significantly associated with long-term compliance with CPAP (ODI: HR 0.97, …

Treatment adherence and outcomes in flexible vs standard continuous positive airway pressure therapy

MS Aloia, M Stanchina, JT Arnedt, A Malhotra… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
… alternates airway pressure between exhalation and inhalation on a breath-by-breath basis
(Fig 1). Airway pressurePressure is then increased again toward the end of exhalation when …

Interventions to improve compliance in sleep apnea patients previously non-compliant with continuous positive airway pressure

RD Ballard, PC Gay, PJ Strollo - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2007 - jcsm.aasm.org
… topical nasal therapy, … compliance was compared in double-blind randomized fashion
between standard continuous positive airway pressure and flexible bilevel positive airway pressure

Improving pediatric compliance with positive airway pressure therapy: the impact of behavioral intervention

KL Koontz, KJ Slifer, MD Cataldo, CL Marcus - Sleep, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Study Objective: The purposes of this study were (1) to describe behavior interventions
provided to improve compliance with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapies in children with …

Pressure-relief continuous positive airway pressure vs constant continuous positive airway pressure: a comparison of efficacy and compliance

G Nilius, A Happel, U Domanski, KH Ruhle - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
… Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the therapy of choice for the treatment of …
application of airway humidification ameliorates this problem and improves the compliance rate. …

Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: the challenge to effective treatment

TE Weaver, RR Grunstein - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
… of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to reverse upper airway obstruction in sleep
apnea, treatment effectiveness is limited by variable adherence to prescribed therapy. When …

Clinical and polysomnographic predictors of short-term continuous positive airway pressure compliance

J Collen, C Lettieri, W Kelly, S Roop - Chest, 2009 - Elsevier
… positive airway pressure … CPAP therapy. All patients received extensive counseling and
education regarding OSA, CPAP use, and the importance of compliance prior to initiating therapy

Long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy of obstructive sleep apnea

RE Waldhorn, TW Herrick, MC Nguyen, AE O'Donnell… - Chest, 1990 - Elsevier
compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (… reactions were compared in
compliant and noncompliant patients. … or refused home nasal CPAP therapy. Ten patients were …

… pressure delivery modification of continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea does not improve compliance with therapy: systematic review and …

JP Bakker, NS Marshall - Chest, 2011 - Elsevier
… Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line therapy for … airway pressure
(AutoPAP) and flexible pressure devices also have been marketed as improving compliance. …