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Table 3 Clinical Effectiveness

From: Evaluating the feasibility of implementing a Telesleep pilot program using two-tiered external facilitation

Clinical Outcome Measures

Telesleep Remote Monitoring

N = 38

Usual Care Control

N = 52

P-value

30-Day Measures

 Median Hours Used per Night (hours): Mean ± standard deviation

(range)

4.6 ± 2.5

(0.02–8.8)

4.2 ± 2.8

(0.0–9.4)

0.486

 Residual AHI (events/h):a Mean ± standard deviation

(range)

3.2 ± 3.8

(0.0–18.1)

4.4 ± 7.1

(0.0–35.2)

0.347

 Residual AHI < 5 events/h: % (n)

81.6% (31)

82.7% (43)

1.000

90-Day Measures

 Median Hours Used per Night (hours): Mean ± standard deviation

(range)

4.6 ± 2.4

(0.02–8.9)

4.1 ± 2.6

(0.0–8.6)

0.355

 Residual AHI (events/h): Mean (range)

2.8 ± 2.6

(0.0–10.3)

3.6 ± 4.9

(0.0–30.3)

0.362

 Residual AHI < 5 events/h: % (n)

81.6% (31)

84.6% (44)

0.778

180-Day Measures

 Median Hours Used per Night (hours): Mean ± standard deviation

(range)

4.6 ± 2.5

(0.06–9.07)

4.0 ± 2.7

(0.0–9.13)

0.286

 Residual AHI (events/h): Mean ± standard deviation

(range)

2.6 ± 2.5

(0.0–10.1)

3.6 ± 5.4

(0.0–34.3)

0.292

 Residual AHI < 5 events/h: % (n)

86.8% (33)

82.7% (43)

0.770

 Adherent (≥4 h/night for > 70% of nights)

32% (12)

23% (12)

0.470

 Non-Adherent (< 4 h/night for < 70% of nights)

68% (26)

77% (40)

 Adherent and disease control (Residual AHI < 5 events/h)

32% (12)

21% (11)

0.330

  1. aResidual AHI refers to the apnea hypopnea index recorded by the positive airway pressure (PAP) machine and denotes the degree to which the PAP eliminates respiratory events during sleep