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Purpose: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of stage-matched intervention on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome., Methods: One hundred and ten Chinese patients with newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea syndrome were enrolled in this study. They were randomly assigned into stage-matched care (SMC) and standard care (SC) groups (55 patients in each group). Patients in the SMC group received stage-matched intervention at different stages of behavior changes, and the SC group received only routine care. The intervention was based on the health action process approach theory and included risk perception, outcome expectancy, and self-efficacy. Questionnaires included the Self-Efficacy Measure for Sleep Apnea, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data were collected at baseline and 1 and 3 months after home CPAP treatment, and hours of CPAP usage was also recorded at 1 and 3 months of follow-up., Results: At 1 month, CPAP usage was 5.59 ± 0.56 h/night (mean ± SD) vs 5.28 ± 0.67 h/night in the SMC and SC groups, respectively (p = 0.016). At 3 months, CPAP usage was 5.65 ± 0.50 vs 5.26 ± 0.82 h/night in the SMC and SC groups, respectively (p = 0.006). Repeated ANOVA analysis demonstrated that risk perception, outcome expectancy, and self-efficacy in the SMC group were significantly higher than those of the SC group (p < 0.05). Moreover, the time × group interaction was significant for outcome expectancy and self-efficacy, indicating that the groups differed significantly in changes in outcome expectancy and self-efficacy over the three time points. There was a significant difference between the SMC and SC groups in terms of improvement in ESS (p < 0.001) and PSQI (p = 0.013) after 3 months of CPAP treatment., Conclusions: Stage-matched intervention could not only facilitate intention formation and enhance treatment self-efficacy but significantly improve CPAP adherence in OSA patients for the 3-month treatment.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of patient education and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) alone or combined on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients., Methods: One hundred and fifty-two Han Chinese OSA patients were randomly assigned to a control group (C), an education group (E), a PMR group (P), and an education + PMR group (E + P), with 38 patients each group. The adherence to CPAP was defined as 4 or more hours of CPAP usage per night and at least 9 of each 14 nights of ventilator use. The CPAP adherence rates, cumulative patient dropout rates, CPAP usage, and scores of daytime sleepiness, sleep quality, anxiety, and depression were compared among the groups at 4, 8, and 12 weeks of intervention., Results: All study groups were comparable in baseline characteristics. Group E + P showed significant improvement in CPAP adherence, daytime sleepiness, and sleep quality compared with group C at 4, 8, and 12 weeks of intervention. Compared with group C, group E only showed significant improvement in CPAP adherence, daytime sleepiness, and sleep quality at 4 weeks of intervention, while group P showed no significant improvement over time. Scores of anxiety and depression were significantly improved in group E + P compared with group C at 12 weeks of intervention., Conclusions: Combined intervention with patient education and PMR can significantly improve CPAP adherence in OSA patients for at least 12 weeks. The intervention paradigm may serve as an important reference for future studies on CPAP adherence.