Telephone follow-up as a substitute for standard out-clinic follow-up in CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnea patients: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study assessed the feasibility of telephone follow-up consultations (TC) using an online data sharing and editing function (Airview™), as alternative to standard out-clinic follow-up consultations (SC) on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Furthermore, we investigated compliance to follow-up consultations and examined potential influencing factors, including baseline AHI (apnea-hypopnea-index), age, and distance from home to the hospital on consultation compliance.

Methods

Two hundred OSA patients, with AHI ≥ 5 were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive TC or SC with follow-up after one month and 12 month of CPAP initiation. Adherence goal was defined as achieving ≥ 4 h of CPAP use daily in 70% of the

SUBMITTER: Wolsing SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303568 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature