Disturbed breathing Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Conditions
Interventions
Subjects will sleep every night with the Z-cushion during a 1 month period.
Sponsors
Gelre Ziekenhuizen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 18 years or older Ability to understand and read Dutch Diagnosis of symptomatic mild or moderate OSAS (5
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Central sleep apnea syndrome / Cheyne-Stokes respiration Signs of severe nasal obstruction Major facial or pharyngeal anatomic abnormalities likely to require surgery Night or rotating shift work Severe chronic heart failure Known history of a known cause of daytime sleepiness and severe sleep disruption (e.g. insomnia, PLMS, narcolepsy)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessing the efficacy in AHI reduction using the Z-cushion compared to delay of treatment in patients with mild and moderate positional OSAS. AHI will be assessed by PSG. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessing the efficacy with regard to • sleepiness • reducing the sleep time in supine posture • reducing the number of O2 saturation dips using the Z-cushion compared to delay of treatment in patients with mild and moderate positional OSAS. Sleepiness will be assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. (M. W. Johns, 1991; 1994) Sleep time in supine posture and O2 saturation dips will be assessed by PSG. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed