The goal of the study is to test the role of telemedicine combined with humidification to check CPAP treatment during the first month to improve adherence and reduce unsolved side effects of therapy.
The primary goal of OSAS therapy is to obtain CPAP adaptation for the highest amount of OSAS patients to reduce the proportion of untreated OSAS in the population. This object is important considering that a longer duration of CPAP treatment is linked with better daytime functioning and metabolic and blood pressure effects of CPAP. The main endpoints will be CPAP usage (defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥1h); CPAP adherence (defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥4h); the average nightly usage of CPAP (hour/night); CPAP efficacy (defined as AHI and ESS score). Each measure will be performed after 1 week, 1 month and 6 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Wireless control of CPAP usage, adherence, leakage and humidifier usage
CPAP usage
defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥1h
Time frame: 1 week
CPAP usage
defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥1h
Time frame: 1 month
CPAP usage
defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥1h
Time frame: 6 months
CPAP adherence
defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥4h
Time frame: 1 week
CPAP adherence
defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥4h
Time frame: 1 month
CPAP adherence
defined as the proportion of night with CPAP usage ≥4h
Time frame: 6 months
average nightly usage of CPAP
(hour/night)
Time frame: 1 week
average nightly usage of CPAP
(hour/night)
Time frame: 1 month
average nightly usage of CPAP
(hour/night)
Time frame: 6 months
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