Treatment usage patterns of oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea over the first 60 days: a cluster analysis | Zendy

Kate Sutherland | Zendy; Fernanda R. Almeida | Zendy; Tai-Yun Kim | Zendy; Liz Brown | Zendy; F. Knapman | Zendy; Joachim Ngiam | Zendy; Jean Yang | Zendy; Lynne E. Bilston | Zendy; Peter A. Cistulli | Zendy

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Treatment usage patterns of oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea over the first 60 days: a cluster analysis

Author(s) -

Kate Sutherland,

Fernanda R. Almeida,

Tai-Yun Kim,

Liz Brown,

F. Knapman,

Joachim Ngiam,

Jean Yang,

Lynne E. Bilston,

Peter A. Cistulli

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.9288

Subject(s) - medicine , usage data , cluster (spacecraft) , computer science , world wide web , programming language

Oral appliance (OA) therapy usage can be objectively measured through temperature-sensing data chips embedded in the appliance. Initial reports of group data for short-term treatment usage suggest good nightly hours of usage. However, individual variability in treatment usage patterns has not been assessed. We aimed to identify OA treatment usage subtypes in the first 60 days and the earliest predictors of these usage patterns.

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