Clinical characteristics and positive airway pressure adherence among elderly European sleep apnoea patients from the ESADA cohort.
Aino LammintaustaUlla AnttalainenÖzen K BasogluMaria Rosaria BonsignoreHaralampos GouverisLudger GroteJan HednerOndrej LudkaMihaicuta StefanAthanasia PatakaGeorgia TrakadaMafalda van ZellerTarja SaaresrantaPublished in: ERJ open research (2023)
The elderly patient group was less obese, less sleepy, had more insomnia symptoms and less severe OSA, but were rated to be more ill compared with the middle-aged patients. Elderly patients with OSA adhered to PAP therapy equally well as middle-aged patients. Low global functioning (measured by CGI-S) in the elderly patient predicted poorer PAP adherence.