ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Impact of Pressure Variability and Comorbidities on PAP Therapy Compliance and Adherence in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder with established cardiovascular and metabolic risks. Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy remains the standard of care; however, its long-term effectiveness is often limited by poor compliance and adherence. This study sought to explore clinical and device-related factors influencing PAP use, with emphasis on pressure variability in Auto-PAP users and comorbidities such as COPD. We performed a retrospective analysis of 359 patients with OSAS who were treated with CPAP, Auto-PAP, or BiPAP devices at the Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumology between January 2022 and July 2024. Compliance was measured as the proportion of days the device was used, whereas adherence was estimated through average nightly hours of use. Patient data were stratified by demographic, clinical, and device-related characteristics. Statistical testing included Chi-square, Wilcoxon rank-sum, and correlation analyses. Demographics did not significantly differ between compliant and non-compliant groups. Notably, Auto-PAP users with greater pressure variability (>10 cm H
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.