ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2016
A pathway underlying the impact of CPAP adherence on intimate relationship with bed partner in men with obstructive sleep apnea.
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- Effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on romantic relationships and intimacy among individuals with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and a meta-analysis.Journal of sleep research · 2025Pooled it
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- Association of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment With Sexual Quality of Life in Patients With Sleep Apnea: Follow-up Study of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2018Trial
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Improves Marital Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients and Partners.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- The effect of positive airway treatment in women with sleep disordered breathing on the sexual and mental wellbeing of their male partners.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Three in a Bed: Can Partner Support Improve CPAP Adherence? A Systematic Review and Intervention Recommendations.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Moving toward Equitable Care for Sleep Apnea in the United States: Positive Airway Pressure Adherence Thresholds: An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Understanding the burden of illness of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea: a qualitative study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- Circulating exosomes in obstructive sleep apnea as phenotypic biomarkers and mechanistic messengers of end-organ morbidity.Respiratory physiology & neurobiology · 2018Review
- Observed Relationship Behaviors and Sleep in Military Veterans and Their Partners.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2017Observational
- Stem/progenitor cells and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome - new insights for clinical applications.World journal of stem cells · 2016Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
purposeOur aim was to determine the pathway underlying the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence on intimate relationship with bed partner in men with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We hypothesized that CPAP with good adherence affected the intimate relationship with bed partner directly and indirectly, and it was mediated through daytime sleepiness and activity level in men with OSA.
methodsData were obtained from an education program for enhancing CPAP adherence. Men who were newly diagnosed of OSA and CPAP therapy naïve were recruited in a tertiary teaching hospital.
resultsSelf-reported quality of life [Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire], daytime sleepiness [Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)], and negative emotion symptoms [depression, anxiety, stress scale] were assessed before and after CPAP treatment at 1-year assessment. Seventy-three men were included in the data analysis, with a mean ± SD age of 52 ± 10 years, body mass index of 29.0 ± 5.2 kg/m(2), ESS of 9.5 ± 5.6, and median [interquartile range(IR)] apnea and hypopnea index of 31 (21, 56) events/h. The median (IR) CPAP daily usage was 4.3(0, 6.1) h/day. From the path analysis, CPAP therapy was shown to improve intimate relationship directly (ß = 0.185) and indirectly (ß = 0.050) by reducing daytime sleepiness and increasing activity level. However, negative emotion symptoms were not the mediators between CPAP adherence and the intimate relationship.
conclusionsCPAP therapy with good adherence is related directly and indirectly to a better intimate relationship with bed partner in men with OSA. It was possibly attributed to reduced daytime sleepiness and increased activity level.
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