Six early CPAP-usage behavioural patterns determine peak CPAP adherence and permit tailored intervention, in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High rates of non-adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnoea hamper good clinical outcomes. Current recommendations assumes two behaviours (adherence and non-adherence) and days 7-90 follow-up post-CPAP initiation mitigates against non-adherence.

Objectives

To investigate associations between early CPAP-usage behaviours and (1) CPAP adherence at month 3 of treatment and (2) sleep centres' treatment pathways (the procedures patients undergo that may affect barriers or facilitators of CPAP adherence).

Methods

We conducted growth mixture modelling (GMM) on retrospective data from 1000 patients at 5 UK sleep centres. Night 1 to month 3 telemonitored CPAP-usage data were downloaded from 200 patients per centre who started

SUBMITTER: Dielesen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12015089 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature