Adherence Barriers

Different problems occur on the way to the optimal therapy. The Sleep Apnea patient had to overcome 4 main barriers.

• Patient Related
• Clinician Related
• Device Related
• Mask Related

Today there are much more solution for these issues.

Patient can get much more information about the diagnostic and therapy. The Web has for every question answer. Many positive feedback from actual user in the patient group help to start the first steps.

More and more physicians come in contact with the Sleep Apnea Syndrome and get from clinicians and from industry the possibility to fill up their experience and knowledge. Even the few screening questions is common in the practical use. Home Sleep Test is easy to operate and increase the service of different physicians.

Different types of pressure support devices increase the positive effect. CPAP, APAP and Bilevel have been added with additional features to "personalize" the prescribed pressure. Automatic PAP devices provide the maximum support at the lowest level of pressure.

There are a huge range of different mask and mask accessories which allow a good sleep. Regarding these we will give you some more information in the next issues. Stay tune.