Psychological status, syndromatic measures, and compliance with nasal CPAP therapy for sleep apnea

JD Edinger, S Carwile, P Miller… - … and motor skills, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com
38 male patients with obstructive sleep apnea were asked to complete 2 weeks of rating
symptoms, physical examination, diagnostic polysomnography, and MMPI testing prior to …

Health status in obstructive sleep apnea: relationship with sleep fragmentation and daytine sleepiness, and effects of continuous positive airway pressure treatment

LS Bennett, C Barbour, B Langford… - American Journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have impaired health status that improves with
nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP). The study reported here explored the …

Outcome evaluation of long-term nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnea

MB Scharf, R Stover, MD McDannold… - American journal of …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
A study was conducted at the Tri-State Sleep Disorders Center of Cincinnati, Ohio, to
evaluate both quantitative and qualitative daily function and productivity outcomes of treating …

Neuropsychologic symptoms in obstructive sleep apnea improve after treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure

LCSS Derderian, CRH Bridenbaugh, LCKR Rajagopal - Chest, 1988 - Elsevier
To describe the affective changes associated with sleep restoration we assessed
psychologic symptoms using the Profile of Mood States questionnaire before and two …

Determinants of compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment applied in a community setting

EM Ball, MB Banks - Sleep Medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives: To assess determinants of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
compliance when applied in a community setting. Background: One-third of obstructive …

Effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure on neuropsychological function in sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

KG HENKE, JJ GRADY, ST KUNA - American journal of respiratory …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
A placebo-controlled, partial cross-over, double-blind, randomized study was performed with
46 adults with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) to determine the effect of …

Comparison of three measures of quality of life outcome in the evaluation of continuous positive airways pressure therapy for sleep apnoea

C Jenkinson, J Stradling… - Journal of sleep research, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) with nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(NCPAP) has become a standard treatment since its introduction in 1981. Following such …

The effect of positive reinforcement on hourly compliance in nasal continuous positive airway pressure users with obstructive sleep apnea

EC Fletcher, RA Luckett - American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1991 - atsjournals.org
Previous reports have described compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(nCPAP) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) only in terms of the number of …

Predictors of improvements in daytime function outcomes with CPAP therapy

RN Kingshott, M Vennelle, CJ Hoy… - American Journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy improves daytime function in the sleep
apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) but it is unclear which patients benefit and what factors …

Sleep during titration predicts continuous positive airway pressure compliance

CL Drake, R Day, D Hudgel, Y Stefadu, M Parks… - Sleep, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Poor compliance with continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) has been identified as a significant obstacle in the treatment of obstructive sleep …