ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2014
Willingness score obtained after a short CPAP trial predicts CPAP use at 1 year.
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- Symptoms During CPAP Therapy Are the Major Reason for Contacting the Sleep Unit Between Two Routine Contacts.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2019Trial
- Acceptability of placebo multiparticulate formulations in children and adults.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- Gastrointestinal symptoms and CPAP-related aerophagia A questionnaire study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Use of vouchers for CPAP therapy initiation - public and private health care could work together.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Genetic Analysis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Relationship with Severe COVID-19.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2024Article
- Associations of self-efficacy and outcome expectancy with adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy in Japanese patients with obstructive sleep apnea.Fujita medical journal · 2023Article
- Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
- Practical Aspects of Interface Application in CPAP Treatment.Canadian respiratory journal · 2019Review
- Oral appliance in sleep apnea treatment: respiratory and clinical effects and long-term adherence.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2016Article
- Development of the Usability of Sleep Apnea Equipment-Positive Airway Pressure (USE-PAP) questionnaire.Sleep medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeTo predict continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence at 1 year.
methodsWe followed consecutive OSA patients scheduled for CPAP initiation for 1 year. Patients completed a self-efficacy questionnaire (5 = low, 25 = high score) before CPAP initiation. After CPAP initiation, we enquired about patients' satisfaction in CPAP trial and their eagerness and willingness to continue CPAP therapy (0 = unsatisfied, uneager, or refused CPAP; 100 = satisfied, eager, or willing to continue CPAP treatment).
resultsOf the 580 patients we followed, 377 continued CPAP therapy beyond 1 year. A low willingness score (<50) was expressed by 77 patients but only 7 of them used CPAP >4 h daily at 1 year, yielding a specificity of 97 % in predicting CPAP failure. At 1 year, patients with a self-efficacy score >20, expressed prior to CPAP initiation, used CPAP more often than the patients with a score <20 (average use 4.4 ± 2.2 h vs. 3.7 ± 2.3 h, p<0.001).
conclusionsA low score of willingness to continue CPAP therapy after a short trial predicts CPAP failure and poor CPAP adherence at 1 year.
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