Trial reportSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2017
The influence of head-of-bed elevation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Trial report in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- The impact of semi-upright position on severity of sleep disordered breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a two-arm, prospective, randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Roles and features of smart control and sensing applications for sleep quality improvement: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Detection of sleep apnea using smartphone-embedded inertial measurement unit.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Comprehensive analysis of smart bed comfort across varied resting conditions using quantitative measures.PloS one · 2025Article
- Determinants of Perceived Comfort: Multi-Dimensional Thinking in Smart Bedding Design.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The effect of head of bed elevation on upper airway collapsibility during drug-induced sleep endoscopy.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Head-Of-Bed Elevation (HOBE) for Improving Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea (POSA): An Experimental Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Protocolizing perioperative OSA screening and management: moving in the right direction.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Sleeping in an Inclined Position to Reduce Snoring and Improve Sleep: In-home Product Intervention Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Effect of a Recliner Chair with Rocking Motions on Sleep Efficiency.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effect of back-up head-elevated position during drug-induced sleep endoscopy in obstructive sleep apnea patients.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on obstructive sleep apnea: recommendations for symptom management.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Acute stroke and TIA patients have specific polygraphic features of obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Article
- Immediate impact of pharyngeal surgery on respiratory parameters in adults with obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study is to test the effects of a mild degree of head-of-bed elevation (HOBE) (7.5°) on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity and sleep quality.
methodsOSA patients were recruited from a single sleep clinic (Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil). Following a baseline polysomnography (PSG), all patients underwent a PSG with HOBE (within 2 weeks). In addition, a subset of patients performed a third PSG without HOBE.
resultsFifty-two patients were included in the study (age 53.2 ± 9.1 years; BMI 29.6 ± 4.8 kg/m
conclusionsMild HOBE significantly improves OSA severity without interfering in sleep architecture and therefore is a simple alternative treatment to ameliorate OSA.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.