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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2015 Sep 14:15:102.
doi: 10.1186/s12890-015-0099-7.

Efficiency of a phone coaching program on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure in sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome: a randomized trial

Kamila Sedkaoui  1 , Ludivine Leseux  2 , Sandrine Pontier  3 , Nicole Rossin  4 , Paul Leophonte  5 , Jean-Louis Fraysse  6 , Alain Didier  7
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Efficiency of a phone coaching program on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure in sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome: a randomized trial

Kamila Sedkaoui et al. BMC Pulm Med. .

Abstract

Background: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) remains the reference treatment for moderate to severe forms of the Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS). Compliance to the treatment appears to be a key factor to improving health status of these patients.

Methods: We conducted a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel group trial of standard support completed or not within 3 months of coaching sessions for newly diagnosed SAHS patients starting CPAP therapy. This study has been recorded by AFSSAPS with the RCB number: 2009-A01127-50 and received favourably by the Human Studies Committee in France. The coaching session consisted of 5 sessions of telephone-based counselling by competent staff. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients using CPAP more than 3 h per night for 4 months; the secondary outcome was mean hours of CPAP usage in the 2 groups.

Results: Three hundred and seventy-nine patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were randomized. The percentage of patients using CPAP more than 3 h per night for 4 months was 65 % for the standard support group and 75 % for the coached group. This difference reached a statistical significance (χ2 = 3.97). The mean CPAP usage was increased in the coached group versus standard group. A difference of 26 min was observed (4 h34+/-2 h17 and 4 h08+/-2 h25 respectively, p = 0.04).

Conclusion: This study shows that SAHS patients who benefit from phone coaching are statistically more compliant to CPAP than a standard support group is. A simple phone coaching procedure based on knowledge of the disease and reinforcement messages about treatment benefits helps to improve CPAP adherence in SAHS patients.

Trial registration: NCT02435355.

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Design of study
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CONSORT flow diagram
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Proportion of patients used CPAP more than 3 h per night for 4 months in coached group (black line) versus standard group (grey line)
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Mean CPAP use (in minutes) for 4 months for patients in coached group (black line) versus standard group (grey line). *p <0.05
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Mean CPAP use (in minutes) for 4 months for subgroups of patient in coached group (black lines) or in standard group (grey line). *p <0.05; **p <0.005
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