Adherence to Chronic Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Obese Patients With Sleep-disordered Breathing

Anne Kathrine Staehr-Rye

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adherence, Treatment; Obesity; Sleep Disorder; Breathing-Related

Treatments: Device: Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07363070

p-2025-20420

Details and patient eligibility

About

To describe the adherence to positive airway pressure therapy among obese adult patients refered to the respiratory center east

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• Body mass index above 30 kg/m2
• Referred to the Respiratory Center East between january 2021 and january 2024

Exclusion criteria

• Neuromuscular disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Craniofacial malformation
• Scoliosis
• Diaphragmatic paresis
• Referred to profylactic secrete management only
• Already in treatment with nPAP with use of nPAP a minimum of 4 hours per night for 70% of the time within a consecutive 30-day period during the last 90 days.
• No medical indication for start of nPAP.