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What is Sleep Apnea machine?

Sleep apnea is usually treated with a machine called CPAP (continous positive airway pressure), which blows air into the nose via a nose mask, keeping the airway open and unobstructed. For more severe apnea, a Bi-level (Bi-PAP) machine is used to blow air at two different pressures.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Obstructive sleep apnea 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Sleep Apnea 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 0
Support quality of life 1 0
Difficulty sleeping through night 1 0
Fatigue 1 0

See all 23 patients currently using Sleep Apnea machine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Sleep Apnea machine

Got tangled with the hose 1
Sinusitis symptoms 1
ear fullness 1
Forgetfulness 1
Sleep Apnea 1
Sinus congestion 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Sleep Apnea machine. See all 13 dosages ►

  1 other daily 6 hr daily 6.5 hr daily 7 hr daily 7 other daily 8 hr daily 9 hr daily 12 hr daily 300 min daily 420 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 100%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped using Sleep Apnea machine

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Sleep Apnea machine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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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
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Sleep Apnea machine

Always
 2 40%
Usually
 1 20%
Sometimes
 1 20%
Never
 1 20%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sleep Apnea machine

Very
 1 20%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 4 80%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sleep Apnea machine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 50%
< $25
 1 50%

Report created on May 27, 2012.