Understanding Sleep Apnea Physiology: A Potential Path to Improving Positive Airway Pressure Effectiveness

LM Donovan, VK Kapur - … Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Poor adherence to positive airway pressure (PAP) remains a barrier to effective obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) treatment for millions of patients worldwide (1, 2). To overcome this …

Effectiveness of behavioral and psychosocial interventions for continuous positive airway pressure adherence in obstructive sleep apnea patients: a quantitative …

J Chaiard, P Tungpunkom - JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition in which the airway repeatedly collapses and
reopens during sleep, leading to ventilation impairment and causing intermittent hypoxemia …

[HTML][HTML] Empowering CPAP Adherence: Unleashing the Potential of Behavioral Science in Sleep Medicine

AC Arroyo - sleepworldmagazine.com
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is the first line and is typically
considered the gold standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). 1 Yet, adherence …

Does a low arousal threshold equal low PAP adherence?

AB Holley, RJ Walter - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2018 - jcsm.aasm.org
The propensity for respiratory derangements to disturb sleep, and the development of
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is governed by anatomic and non-anatomic factors. 1 One of …

Personalized and patient-centered strategies to improve positive airway pressure adherence in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

AJ Watach, D Hwang, AM Sawyer - Patient preference and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated pauses
in breathing during sleep, is effectively treated with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy …

Obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes and positive airway therapy adherence

M Gupta - CPAP Adherence: Factors and Perspectives, 2022 - Springer
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder, characterized
by transient interruption of ventilation during sleep caused by complete or partial collapse of …

Prevalence, associated clinical features, and impact on continuous positive airway pressure use of a low respiratory arousal threshold among male United States …

A Zinchuk, BA Edwards, S Jeon, BB Koo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Determine the prevalence of, and clinical features associated with, a low
respiratory arousal threshold (ArTH) among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) …

Positive airway pressure adherence: problems and interventions

MW Rose - Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2006 - sleep.theclinics.com
Positive airway pressure therapy is the optimal treatment for the overwhelming majority of
patients who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The American Academy of Sleep …

Is the relationship between race and continuous positive airway pressure adherence mediated by sleep duration?

ME Billings, CL Rosen, R Wang, D Auckley, R Benca… - Sleep, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Black race has been associated with decreased continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence. Short sleep duration, long sleep latency, and …

Maximizing positive airway pressure adherence in adults: a common-sense approach

EM Wickwire, CJ Lettieri, AA Cairns, NA Collop - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is considered the most efficacious treatment of
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), especially moderate to severe OSA, and remains the most …