Impact of the sleep apnea management group clinic on positive airway pressure adherence.

Background: Positive airway pressure (PAP) adherence is critical for managing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We postulate that group-based Sleep Apnea Management (SAM) clinic, which harnesses the benefits of providing mutual support as well as facilitates access to system-based resources and education, will confer improvements in PAP adherence.

Methods: Data from SAM clinic attendees from January 2017 to June 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.

The clinical problem of the lethality of insomnia: a new empirical exploration from a clinical trial.

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Sleep disturbance predicts future health status after stroke.

Study Objectives: We evaluated factors associated with the presence of sleep disturbance in patients with stroke and whether sleep disturbance predicted change in other patient-reported domains of health over time.

Methods: Observational cohort study of 2,190 patients with stroke seen in a cerebrovascular clinic February 17, 2015 to July 5, 2017 who completed patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) at ≥ 1 visit, including the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression screen, Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (NeuroQoL) cognitive function and Patient-Reported Outcomes Information Measurement System (PROMIS) sleep disturbance, fatigue, anxiety, social role satisfaction, physical function, and pain interference. Separate multivariable models were constructed with PROMIS sleep disturbance as the dependent variable.

Sleep-related symptoms in patients with mild stroke.

Study Objectives: Treatable sleep-related conditions are frequent in stroke patients, although their prevalence across stroke types and ideal method for screening is not clear. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of sleep disturbance across different stroke types and identify approaches to the collection of sleep-related measures in clinical practice.

Methods: We performed an observational cohort study of 2,213 patients with ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), or transient ischemic attack seen in a cerebrovascular clinic February 17, 2015 through July 5, 2017 who completed at least one of the following sleep-related questionnaires: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sleep disturbance, Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Sleep Apnea Probability Scale (SAPS), and sleep duration.

Effect of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Drowsy Driving in a Large Clinic-Based Obstructive Sleep Apnea Cohort.

Study Objectives: Drowsy driving related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) represents an important public health problem with limited data on the effect of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. We hypothesize that PAP therapy will reduce self-reported drowsy driving in a large clinic-based OSA cohort.

Methods: Drowsy driving (self-reported near-accidents/accidents) incidents from baseline to after PAP therapy (stratified by adherence) were compared in a cohort of 2,059 patients with OSA who initiated PAP therapy from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2014.