Response to “The dark side of adherence” by Crawford and Vallieres

We agree with Crawford and Vallieres that the discontinuation of positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment in patients with sleep-disordered breathing does not depend on just one modality of variables. In our recently published registry-based study, we evaluated only biomedical variables since those were the only ones reported into the registry [1]. We did not have access to the medical journals and further analysis and evaluation of other aspects of patient characteristics was not possible. PAP failure can have devastating consequences and there is a need for a holistic approach to prevent suboptimal adherence.
Source: Sleep Medicine - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Tags: Response Source Type: research