Improving adherence to PAP therapy: A brief PAP coaching intervention for health care providers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate a training program for non-specialist health care providers in a brief coaching intervention to improve positive airway pressure (PAP) usage in Veterans with sleep apnea.

Methods

We conducted a national webinar training designed for non-specialist providers to implement a brief telephone coaching intervention to improve PAP adherence. The curriculum was crafted by experts in sleep medicine and behavioral sleep medicine based on principles of PAP desensitization. Providers who participated in this training were asked to complete evaluations at 30 days and 1 year.

Results

Provider surveys indicated that most respondents had incorporated the intervention into their clinical practice and felt comfortable counseling patients about sleep apnea and adh

SUBMITTER: He K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624969 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature