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Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old

PURPOSE: Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome has not been established in patients over 70 years of age, whereas several studies have reported adherence below that age. This trial was designed to address this evidence gap. METHODS: Consec...

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Autores principales: Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi, Aalto, Tiina, Maasilta, Paula, Ask, Oili, Bachour, Adel
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8857145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34091854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11325-021-02398-w
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author Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi
Aalto, Tiina
Maasilta, Paula
Ask, Oili
Bachour, Adel
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Aalto, Tiina
Maasilta, Paula
Ask, Oili
Bachour, Adel
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description PURPOSE: Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome has not been established in patients over 70 years of age, whereas several studies have reported adherence below that age. This trial was designed to address this evidence gap. METHODS: Consecutive senior (> 70 years) patients with OSA, mean respiratory event index (REI) 34/h, body mass index (BMI) 31 kg/m(2), and junior (< 50 years) patients (REI 37/h, BMI 31 kg/m(2)) were included. RESULTS: At year follow-up among 72 senior patients (35 women) and 71 junior patients (17 women), there was no difference in the percentage of patients abandoning CPAP (senior 47% vs. junior 43%) or in CPAP daily use (4:53 ± 2:44 hh:min vs. 4:23 ± 3:00 hh:min). CONCLUSIONS: CPAP adherence in senior patients with OSA was not poorer than that of a younger group of OSA patients. Advanced age should not be an obstacle to CPAP initiation.
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spelling pubmed-88571452022-02-23 Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi Aalto, Tiina Maasilta, Paula Ask, Oili Bachour, Adel Sleep Breath Sleep Breathing Physiology and Disorders • Original Article PURPOSE: Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome has not been established in patients over 70 years of age, whereas several studies have reported adherence below that age. This trial was designed to address this evidence gap. METHODS: Consecutive senior (> 70 years) patients with OSA, mean respiratory event index (REI) 34/h, body mass index (BMI) 31 kg/m(2), and junior (< 50 years) patients (REI 37/h, BMI 31 kg/m(2)) were included. RESULTS: At year follow-up among 72 senior patients (35 women) and 71 junior patients (17 women), there was no difference in the percentage of patients abandoning CPAP (senior 47% vs. junior 43%) or in CPAP daily use (4:53 ± 2:44 hh:min vs. 4:23 ± 3:00 hh:min). CONCLUSIONS: CPAP adherence in senior patients with OSA was not poorer than that of a younger group of OSA patients. Advanced age should not be an obstacle to CPAP initiation. Springer International Publishing 2021-06-06 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8857145/ /pubmed/34091854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11325-021-02398-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi
Aalto, Tiina
Maasilta, Paula
Ask, Oili
Bachour, Adel
Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
title Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
title_full Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
title_fullStr Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
title_full_unstemmed Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
title_short Adherence to CPAP therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
title_sort adherence to cpap therapy for sleep apnea in patients aged over 70 years old
topic Sleep Breathing Physiology and Disorders • Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8857145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34091854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11325-021-02398-w
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