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Long-term compliance with continuous positive airway pressure in Saudi patients with obstructive sleep apnea

A prospective cohort study

Ahmed S. BaHammam, Suhail S. Alassiri, Aisha H. Al-Adab, Ibrahim M. Alsadhan, Abdullah M. Altheyab, Abdalla H. Alrayes, Mohammad M. Alkhawajah and Awad H. Olaish
Saudi Medical Journal August 2015, 36 (8) 911-919; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.11716

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    Study protocol of patients who underwent 2 level I in-lab sleep studies. CPAP - ontinuous positive airway pressure, OSA - obstructive sleep apnea, PSG - polysomnography

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    Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance at one, 4 and 10 months. The comparisons revealed that: A) CPAP compliance (%) at one, 4, ad 10 months p-value was <0.05 based on Friedman analysis (over all group difference). When pair-wise comparisons were made between different pairs using paired sample Wilcoxon test, the difference was statistically different (p-value<0.05). B) Percentage of days during which CPAP was used. C) Average hours of CPAP usage (hour/day).

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