Development of the Usability of Sleep Apnea Equipment – Positive Airway Pressure (USE-PAP) questionnaire

Highlights • We developed an instrument to measure positive airway pressure equipment usability. • The questionnaire was administered to a sample of sleep clinic patients. • The scales had excellent internal consistency reliability. • One-fifth of respondents reported difficulty getting their equipm...

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Published in:Sleep medicine 2015-05, Vol.16 (5), p.645-651
Main Authors: Fung, Constance H, Martin, Jennifer L, Hays, Ron D, Rodriguez, Juan Carlos, Igodan, Uyi, Jouldjian, Stella, Dzierzewski, Joseph M, Kramer, B. Josea, Josephson, Karen, Alessi, Cathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adherence
Adult
Aged
Aging
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - instrumentation
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - standards
Female
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Neurology
Obstructive sleep apnea
Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data
Patient-reported measure
Positive airway pressure therapy
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - therapy
Sleep Medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Highlights • We developed an instrument to measure positive airway pressure equipment usability. • The questionnaire was administered to a sample of sleep clinic patients. • The scales had excellent internal consistency reliability. • One-fifth of respondents reported difficulty getting their equipment ready for use.
ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.019