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What is CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure?

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) delivers air into your airway through a specially designed nasal mask or pillows. The flow of air creates enough pressure when you inhale to keep your airway open. CPAP is considered the most effective nonsurgical treatment for snoring and sleep apnea.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sleep Apnea Disorder 134 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Obstructive sleep apnea 71 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Obstructive Sleep Apnea 61 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep Apnea 25 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 20 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Central sleep apnea 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight

See all 293 patients currently using CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 11
Mild
 29
None
 36

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Dry mouth at night 5
Moving tubing can wake briefly during sleep 5
air leakage from the mask awakening me 3
Dry nose 3
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 3
Hospitalization 3
See all 38 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. See all 27 dosages ►

  daily 3 hr daily 4 hr daily 5 hr daily 6 hr daily 7 hr daily 8 hr daily 9 hr daily 10 hr daily 10 other daily
  12 Number of Patients: 12 6 Number of Patients: 6 10 Number of Patients: 10 14 Number of Patients: 14 40 Number of Patients: 40 33 Number of Patients: 33 113 Number of Patients: 113 16 Number of Patients: 16 15 Number of Patients: 15 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 20   Other: 53%
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 34%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 24%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 11%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 5%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped using CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Always
 51 65%
Usually
 18 23%
Sometimes
 9 12%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Very
 10 13%
Somewhat
 25 32%
A little
 24 31%
Not at all
 19 24%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 2 6%
$25-49
 2 6%
< $25
 29 85%

Report created on February 12, 2012.