Continuous positive airway pressure treatment of sleepy patients with milder obstructive sleep apnea: results of the CPAP Apnea Trial North American Program …

TE Weaver, C Mancini, G Maislin, J Cater… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Twenty-eight percent of people with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea
experience daytime sleepiness, which interferes with daily functioning. It remains unclear …

Factors affecting the decision to be treated with continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

O Tzischinsky, S Shahrabani, R Peled - IMAJ-Israel Medical Association …, 2011 - ima.org.il
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep-related breathing
disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, accidents and high medical …

Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea: impact of patient education after a longer treatment period

FS Fuchs, A Pittarelli, EG Hahn, JH Ficker - Respiration, 2010 - karger.com
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the standard treatment for
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but it is often cumbersome so that adherence to CPAP …

Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure treatment in a cohort of elderly adults with newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea

F Onen, SH Onen, M Le Vaillant, F Gagnadoux… - Sleep and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in
elderly patients newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Methods …

What characterizes patients who are unable to tolerate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment?

C Janson, E Nöges, S Svedberg-Brandt, E Lindberg - Respiratory medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for obstructive sleep
apnoea syndrome (OSAS), but many patients find this treatment intolerable. The aim of this …

Patient-reported outcomes in older adults with obstructive sleep apnea treated with continuous positive airway pressure therapy

J Pallansch, Y Li, J Bena, L Wang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is regarded
as the gold standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults, outcomes in …

Impact of randomization, clinic visits, and medical and psychiatric cormorbidities on continuous positive airway pressure adherence in obstructive sleep apnea

R Budhiraja, CA Kushida, DA Nichols… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: To evaluate factors associated with continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) adherence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in the Apnea Positive …

[PDF][PDF] Determinants affecting initiation of continuous positive airway pressure treatment.

YS Brin, H Reuveni, S Greenberg, A Tal, A Tarasiuk - therapy, 2005 - academia.edu
Background: Continuous positive airway pressure is the treatment of choice for patients with
obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Objective: To determine the factors influencing treatment …

Can continuous positive airway pressure therapy improve the general health status of patients with obstructive sleep apnea?: a clinical effectiveness study

DD Sin, I Mayers, GCW Man, A Ghahary, L Pawluk - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Study objectives To determine the short-term and long-term impacts of continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with …

Continuous positive airway pressure adherence for obstructive sleep apnea

ML Somers, E Peterson, S Sharma… - International …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To determine predictors of patient adherence to CPAP. Design. A retrospective
chart review identified patients with AHI values greater than 15 who were recommended to …