The patients who are newly diagnosed as sleep apnea syndrome and start continuous positive airway pressure treatment
Conditions
Interventions
ICT Group 60 samples. For ICT group, use of CPAP is monitored by cloud server on the 3rd,7th and 14th day after the start of therapy as well as after one and two months. Communication by telephone an
Sponsors
Inoue Hospital
Nagasaki University Yamax
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Outpatient only 2. Diagnosed as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and has apnea-hypopnea Index (AHI) higher than 20 by polysomnography (PSG) 3. Direct contact is possible by telephone or e-mail 4. Patient who agreed to participate to this clinical study by written informed concent by his/her own free will after being well informed and understanding about this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who meet one of the following criteria are excluded. 1. Patients with predominant central sleep apnea (CSA) 2. Patients with severe heart failure 3. Patient with severe respiratory failure 4. Patient with dementia 5. Patients with severe sleep disorder except SAS 6. Patients who some significant disease which influences CPAP therapy 7. Patients with claustrophobia 8. Patients who has past history of CPAP therapy. 9. Patients who want to be treated with oral appliance 10. Patients with significant nasal obstruction. 11. Occupational bus, truck, and taxi drivers who are screened by regular check-up, diagnosed as SAS, and introduced CPAP treatment. 12. Patient who sleeps without intending 13. Patients who cannot be contacted by telephone or e-mail regularly 14. Patients who participated in the other clinical study in last four months 15. Patients who are regularly visit our hospital with interval shorter than 3 months 16. Patients who are assessed as inadequate as the object of this clinical study by principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Average time of CPAP use on days used 3 months after CPAP introduction. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Drop-out rate 2. The percentage of CPAP usage less than 4 hours 3. Average CPAP use on whole days 4. Residual AHI 5. Mask leak 6. Japanese Excessive sleepiness score 7. SF-36 8. Reason that stopped therapy 9.Travelling time to the hospital for patient 10. Time to follow up and care patient for doctors and co-medicals. 11. Time for care of patient for home care provider | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHiroyuki Yoshimine
Inoue Hospital Internal Medicine
Outcome results
None listed