Adherence to positive airway pressure therapy and healthcare resource utilization and costs among patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity
Greater adherence to PAP therapy is associated with significantly lower HCRU and costs in patients with OSA and obesity, highlighting the importance of implementing strategies to improve long term PAP adherence, potentially reducing economic and clinical burden.
Authors
- Naomi Alpert
- Fatima H. Sert Kuniyoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7644-7384)
- Ann Cameron
- K L Sterling
- C Woodford
- P. Cistulli
- Atul Malhotra
- On behalf of the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Functional Urology Working Group
- Jean-Louis Pépin
- R. Benjamin Dexter
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (FR)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- ResMed (United States) (US)
- Greenfield Research (Canada) (CA)
- ScienceMedia (United States) (US)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Obesity
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-025-01985-1
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- ResMed