Intensive Versus Standard Follow up to Improve Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Compliance

24-h consultation telephone line to the sleep nurses to answer questions regarding CPAP usage. Patients were reviewed at 1 month and at 3 month intervals during the first year and every 6 months thereafter in the CPAP clinic by the nurse. Additional visits or phone calls by sleep specialist if doubts about a patient's compliance or willingness to continue with the therapy.

Standard group care plus: Involvement of the patient's partner or family necessary. Extra education on sleep apnea and CPAP by sleep specialists via a 15-min videotape. 10- to 15-min lecture from the sleep clinic's nurses after CPAP titration study. Phone calls by nurses at 2 and 7 days. Early review of patients by sleep specialists at 15 and 30 days. Home visits by sleep nurses, if there doubts about a patients adherence