Educational video demonstrating collapsibility of the upper airway during sleep improves initial acceptance of CPAP in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

We investigated whether an audiovisual educational video demonstrating collapsibility of the upper airway during sleep would influence initial continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) acceptance among patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Methods

Between January 2017 and December 2018, a single-center retrospective study was conducted. We implemented an educational video demonstrating upper airway collapsibility during sleep in February 2018. We analyzed the medical records from 145 consecutive patients diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea who underwent in-laboratory polysomnography both before and after implementing the educational video. Among them, 76 patients received standard care before the video's introduction (standard care group),

SUBMITTER: Tselepi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367730 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature