Indoor Temperature and Sleep Apnea

Umeå University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Treatments: Other: indoor temperature of 24 degrees celcius; Other: 16; Other: indoor temperature of 20 degrees celcius

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00544752

03-563

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether different indoor temperature affect the frequency of sleep apnea.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Obstructive sleep apnea

Exclusion criteria

• Central sleep apnea

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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40 participants in 3 patient groups

16

Experimental group

Description:

indoor temperature of 16 degrees celcius

Treatment:

Other: 16

20

Experimental group

Description:

indoor temperature 20 degrees celcius

Treatment:

Other: indoor temperature of 20 degrees celcius

24

Experimental group

Description:

indoor temperature of 24 degrees celcius

Treatment:

Other: indoor temperature of 24 degrees celcius