Nocturnal positive pressure ventilation improves relationship satisfaction of patients with OSA and their partners.

Objective: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilation is considered the therapeutic standard for obstructed sleep apnea (OSA). Therapy success may also be affected by the patient's bed partner. A questionnaire was developed and tested that measures the attitude of the bed partner towards CPAP therapy and relationship effects.

[Bidirectional aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and sleep disorders].

This review highlights the relationship among sleep duration, sleep quality, the immune system, and SARS-CoV‑2 infection. Short and/or poor sleep may have an impact on the development as well as the course of an infection. Similarly, SARS-CoV‑2 infection as well as pandemic-related circumstances may negatively affect sleep.