Neighborhood of Residence is Associated with Daily Adherence to CPAP Therapy
Author(s) -
Alec B. Platt,
Samuel Field,
David A. Asch,
Zhen Chen,
Nirav P. Patel,
Rajesh Kumar Gupta,
Dominic Roche,
Indira Gurubhagavatula,
Jason D. Christie,
Samuel T. Kuna
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/32.6.799
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , continuous positive airway pressure , retrospective cohort study , logistic regression , obstructive sleep apnea , cohort , demography , comorbidity , percentile , sleep apnea , cohort study , pediatrics , physical therapy , population , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea is poor. Risk factors for nonadherence are not well understood but may reflect individual or neighborhood socioeconomic factors. We sought to determine the association of socioeconomic status and initial CPAP adherence.
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