Treatment adjustments and compliance in patients with CPAP at the first follow-up*
| Pre-implementation of PRAQ (n=98) | Post-implementation of PRAQ (n=98) | Missings | |
| Adjustment of current treatment | 45 | 36 | N/A† |
| Switch to different treatment | 5 | 9 | N/A† |
| Referral to different specialisation | 6 | 2 | N/A† |
| CPAP compliance‡ (SD) | 5:47 hours (2:11) | 5:53 hours (2:10) | Pre-impl.: 11 Post-impl: 7 |
| CPAP compliance<4 hours | 25.0% | 27.5% | Pre-impl.: 11 Post-impl: 7 |
| Stopped CPAP treatment | 4.1% | 5.1% | N/A† |
*If nothing is indicated, no significant difference was found.
↵†If nothing was noted down in the patient health record, it was assumed this did not take place. Therefore missings are not applicable.
↵‡Hours of CPAP use by patients who had stopped treatment altogether (see ‘stopped CPAP treatment’) are not included in this number.
CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; impl., implementation; N/A, not applicable; PRAQ, Patient-Reported Apnea Questionnaire.