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Shelley R Knowles1, Daniel T O'Brien2, Shiling Zhang3
1Sleep Section, John D. Dingell VAMC, and Wayne State University Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Detroit, MI.
Study Objectives:
A chinstrap is potentially useful to reduce unintentional air leak by preventing mouth opening during PAP treatment. This study examines whether the addition of a chinstrap to PAP therapy has any effect on adherence, nightly duration of use, air leak, and residual AHI.
Methods:
This was a retrospective study performed at an AASM-accredited VAMC sleep center. Clinical sleep data of veterans (n = 124) prescribed PAP therapy for sleep apnea was evaluated, and the effect of chinstrap use vs non-use on the above parameters was assessed.
Results:
Chinstrap users had significantly greater PAP adherence, longer nightly duration of PAP use, lower residual AHI and lower leak compared to chinstrap non-users at first follow up visit.
Conclusions:
The addition of a chin strap to PAP therapy is a simple and inexpensive method of increasing PAP adherence.
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