Cervical Collar for Patients With Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Patients with moderate OSA according to a baseline nocturnal respiratory registration (NRR). Patients receive instructions and advice on lifestyle according to current clinical practice. Life style advice is quite subjective and it means that the patients are encouraged to stop smoking, to avoid alcohol, to lose weight, to be more physically active and to avoid sleeping on supine position.Patients fill in questionnaire 1 that includes questions about nocturnal respiratory disturbances, daytime sleepiness, insomnia, use of tobacco and alcohol, comorbidity and medication. After 6+/-2 weeks of treatment, patients fill in Questionnaire 2 which contains the same questions as Questionnaire 1 and also questions about any side effects, evaluation of treatment. In conjunction with visit 2 another NRR will be performed.

"Patients with moderate OSA according to a baseline nocturnal respiratory registration (NRR). Patients receive the same instructions and advice as in Arm lifestyle advice and also get a CC and instructions on how to sleep with it. CC is marketed for indications of various diseases such as traumatic cervical injury, cervical disc herniation and other neck problems and allows adjustment of the elevation level to achieve sufficient effect, i.e., extending the neck.Patients fill in questionnaire 1 that includes questions about nocturnal respiratory disturbances, daytime sleepiness, insomnia, use of tobacco and alcohol, comorbidity and medication. After 6+/-2 weeks of treatment, patients fill in Questionnaire 2 which contains the same questions as Questionnaire 1 and also questions about any side effects, evaluation of treatment. In conjunction with visit 2 another NRR will be performed."