None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
All subjects having a CPAP titration study will be invited to complete the Self Efficacy for Sleep Apnea questionnaire. They will then be followed up for 3 months, both by telephone and by face to face appointments, to measure CPAP usage and any factors which may contribute to non-usage. These latter may include side-effects, financial constraints and perceived lack of efficacy.
Interventions
Self Efficacy Measure for Sleep Apnoea (SEMSA) questionnaire - this is a 27-item self-administered questionnaire, the results of this may be used to predict those patients who are at risk of poor CPAP usage. Subjects will complete this questionnaire on the night of their CPAP titration sleep study. They will then be telephoned at 2 weeks, seen in CPAP clinic at 4 weeks, telephoned at 2 months and seen in CPAP clinic at 3 months. In the face-toface appointments, information about CPAP adherence
Self Efficacy Measure for Sleep Apnoea (SEMSA) questionnaire - this is a 27-item self-administered questionnaire, the results of this may be used to predict those patients who are at risk of poor CPAP usage. Subjects will complete this questionnaire on the night of their CPAP titration sleep study. They will then be telephoned at 2 weeks, seen in CPAP clinic at 4 weeks, telephoned at 2 months and seen in CPAP clinic at 3 months. In the face-toface appointments, information about CPAP adherence will be collected, using a usage meter built into the CPAP pump. This meter measures CPAP usage in hours of use at the set pressure. The total duration of the observation is therefore 3 months.
Sponsors
Institute for Breathing and Sleep
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. All patients having a CPAP titration sleep study. 2. Adequate english to complete the questionnaires.
Exclusion criteria
Presence of other factors which may impact on CPAP usage, eg drug and alcohol abuse, psychological problems or psychiatric disease.
Outcome results
None listed