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Patient Education and PAP Compliance in OSA

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Treatments

Other: Educational Support
Other: Standard Support

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02756299
89513307/1009/309

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with serious complications. Positive airway pressure (PAP) is the first line treatment of OSA, which eliminates obstructive events, reduces daytime sleepiness, and improves quality of life, especially in those with excessive daytime sleepiness. However, despite the benefits of the PAP treatment, overall acceptance and adherence rates are not fully promising. Less is known regarding the PAP adherence rates in Turkey. In the current study, the researchers primarily addressed if an intensified patient education strategy including the polysomnography (PSG) charts viewing followed by frequent follow-ups would improve the compliance rates at long-term in patients with OSA.

Full description

OSA is a common disorder with serious complications. PAP is the first line treatment of OSA, but overall acceptance and adherence rates are not fully promising. In the current study, the researchers primarily addressed if an intensified patient education strategy including the PSG charts viewing followed by frequent follow-ups would improve the compliance rates at long-term in patients with OSA.

METHOD:

This single-center, randomized, controlled study was conducted at the Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul between June 2014 and April 2015. Eligible OSA patients were randomized to Standard Support (SS) group (general information about OSA and PAP treatment at baseline), or to Educational Support (ES) group (additional polysomnography chart viewing from both diagnostic and titration nights). All patients were scheduled to five PAP control visits between 2 weeks and 6 months after the PAP prescription. Primary outcome was the PAP compliance (4 h/night for 70% of all the nights) at the last visit.

Enrollment

115 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Consecutive adult patients with newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index ≥5 events/h), who were offered PAP treatment.
  • Must be able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Disabled to come to follow-ups.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

115 participants in 2 patient groups

Device and Standard Care
Active Comparator group
Description:
Positive Airway Pressure Device and Standard Support
Treatment:
Other: Standard Support
Device and Educational Care
Active Comparator group
Description:
Positive Airway Pressure Device and Educational Support
Treatment:
Other: Educational Support

Trial contacts and locations

0

There are currently no registered sites for this trial.

Timeline

Last updated: May 02, 2016

Start date

Jun 01, 2014 • 10 years ago

End date

Apr 01, 2015 • 9 years ago

Today

Dec 30, 2024

Sponsor of this trial

Lead Sponsor

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov