Mask side-effects in long-term CPAP-patients impact adherence and sleepiness: the InterfaceVent real-life study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For some patients, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) remains an uncomfortable therapy despite the constant development of technological innovations. To date, no real life study has investigated the relationship between mask related side-effects (MRSEs) and CPAP-non-adherence (defined as < 4 h/day) or residual-excessive-sleepiness (RES, Epworth-Sleepiness-Scale (ESS) score ≥ 11) in the long-term.

Methods

The InterfaceVent-CPAP study is a prospective real-life cross-sectional study conducted in an apneic adult cohort undergoing at least 3 months of CPAP with unrestricted mask-access (34 different masks). MRSEs were evaluated using visual-analogue-scales, CPAP-data using CPAP-software, sleepiness using ESS.

Results

1484 patients were included in the a

SUBMITTER: Rotty MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7809735 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature