Treatment burden experienced by patients with obstructive sleep apnoea using continuous positive airway pressure therapy

Little is known about the treatment burden experienced by patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) who use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. 18 patients (33.3% males, mean age 59.7±11.8 years) with OSA who use CPAP therapy were interviewed. Four categories of OSA-specific treat...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0252915-e0252915
Main Authors: Chou, Michael S. H, Ting, Natasha C. H, El-Turk, Nicole, Harrington, Zinta, Dobler, Claudia C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airway management
Apnea
Biology and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular diseases
Care and treatment
Chronic illnesses
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Complications and side effects
Continuous positive airway pressure
Cystic fibrosis
Demographics
Diabetes mellitus
Drafting software
Editing
Engineering and Technology
Health services
Hospitals
Interviews
Lung diseases
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methodology
Obstructive lung disease
Patient outcomes
Patients
People and Places
Research and Analysis Methods
Sleep
Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea syndromes
Sleep disorders
Social Sciences
Therapy
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Summary:Little is known about the treatment burden experienced by patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) who use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. 18 patients (33.3% males, mean age 59.7±11.8 years) with OSA who use CPAP therapy were interviewed. Four categories of OSA-specific treatment burden were identified: healthcare tasks, consequences of healthcare tasks, exacerbating and alleviating factors of treatment burden. Participants reported a significant burden associated with using CPAP, independently of how frequently they used their device. Common sources of their treatment burden included attending healthcare appointments, the financial cost of treatment, lifestyle changes, treatment-related side effects and general discomfort. This study demonstrated that there is a significant treatment burden associated with the use of CPAP, and that treatment non-adherence is not the only consequence of treatment burden. Other consequences include relationship burden, stigma and financial burden. It is important for physicians to identify other negative impacts of treatment burden in order to optimise the patient experience.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0252915