Impact of mail-based continuous positive airway pressure initiation on treatment usage and effectiveness.

Autor: Donovan LM; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA. ldonovan@uw.edu.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. ldonovan@uw.edu., Parsons EC; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., McCall CA; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., He K; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Sharma R; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Gamache J; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Pannick AP; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA., McDowell JA; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA., Pai J; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA., Epler E; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA., Duan KI; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Spece LJ; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Feemster LC; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Kapur VK; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Au DH; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Palen BN; HSR&D Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA.; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung [Sleep Breath] 2023 Mar; Vol. 27 (1), pp. 303-308. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 26.
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-022-02608-z
Abstrakt: Purpose: In-person visits with a trained therapist have been standard care for patients initiating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). These visits provide an opportunity for hands-on training and an in-person assessment of mask fit. However, to improve access, many health systems are shifting to remote CPAP initiation with equipment mailed to patients. While there are potential benefits of a mailed approach, relative patient outcomes are unclear. Specifically, many have concerns that a lack of in-person training may contribute to reduced CPAP adherence. To inform this knowledge gap, we aimed to compare treatment usage after in-person or mailed CPAP initiation.
Methods: Our medical center shifted from in-person to mailed CPAP dispensation in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assembled a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who initiated CPAP in the months before (n = 433) and after (n = 186) this shift. We compared 90-day adherence between groups.
Results: Mean nightly PAP usage was modest in both groups (in-person 145.2, mailed 140.6 min/night). We did not detect between-group differences in either unadjusted or adjusted analyses (adjusted difference - 0.2 min/night, 95% - 27.0 to + 26.5).
Conclusions: Mail-based systems of CPAP initiation may be able to improve access without reducing CPAP usage. Future work should consider the impact of mailed CPAP on patient-reported outcomes and the impact of different remote setup strategies.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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