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Long-term adherence to CPAP treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: importance of educational program

BACKGROUND: Lack of adherence with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is the major cause of treatment failure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. We evaluated the effectiveness of our intensive educational program on adherence in the short term and the long term. METHO...

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Autores principales: La Piana, Giuseppe Emanuele, Scartabellati, Alessandro, Chiesa, Lodovico, Ronchi, Luca, Raimondi, Paola, Carro, Miriam A, Zibetti, Silvia, Aiolfi, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114470
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S24018