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Influence of marital status and employment status on long-term adherence with continuous positive airway pressure in sleep apnea patients.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 8, p e22503 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Long-term adherence is a major issue in patients receiving home continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). In a multicenter prospective cohort (the Institut de Recherche en Santé Respiratoire des Pays de la Loire [IRSR] sleep cohort) of consecutive OSAHS patients in whom CPAP had been prescribed for at least 90 days, we studied the impact on long-term treatment adherence of socioeconomic factors, patients and disease characteristics prior to CPAP initiation. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Among 1,141 patients in whom CPAP had been prescribed for an average of 504±251 days (range: 91 to 1035), 674 (59%) were adherent with a mean daily use of CPAP≥4 h (mean: 6.42±1.35 h). Stepwise regression analysis identified 4 independent factors of CPAP adherence including apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (OR: 1.549, 95%CI 1.163 to 2.062 for AHI≥30 vs. AHI
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b4931158ed4b4f4f8e3ffb00489e5ec1
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022503