Impact of a New Nasal Pillows Mask on Patients’ Acceptance, Compliance, and Willingness to Remain on CPAP Therapy

Autor: Laura Jennings, Sahisha Ketheeswaran, Alison Wimms, Holger Woehrle, Claus Ziegenbein
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Sleep Disorders, Vol 2016 (2016)
Sleep Disorders
ISSN: 2090-3553
2090-3545
Popis: Aim. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) masks are a key factor in patient compliance. This program assessed the performance of a new nasal pillows mask (NPM) on a variety of new and established obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients using CPAP therapy.Methods. Five programs were developed to assess the new NPM [AirFit P10, ResMed] on naïve patients; patients established on another NPM; patients using a nasal mask; patients with low CPAP compliance; and patients who wished to stop using CPAP therapy.Results. A total of 212 patients were included. In naïve patients, CPAP usage after 3 months was5.9±1.7hours/night, compared with the control group at4.6±2.4hours/night (p<0.05). In patients established on another NPM, usage improved to7.4±1.1hours/night versus6.7±1.4(p=0.001). 78% of nasal mask users wished to continue using the new NPM. Low compliance patients improved with an average of 0.87 hours/night (p=0.001) when using the new NPM. In patients at the point of quitting CPAP, 60% continued with therapy using the new NPM. Conclusion. The new NPM mask performed well in a variety of clinical groups of OSA patients receiving CPAP therapy and shows that technical advances in CPAP masks can improve patient compliance.
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