Assessment of PAP Device Usage and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in Patients with OSAS During COVID-19 Pandemics.

• Tác giả: Kadriye Agan, Beyza Arslan, Baran Balcan, Humay Ismayilzade, Gulin Sunter, Ezgi Vural
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 594.38 *Pulmonata
• Thông tin xuất bản: Turkey : Thoracic research and practice , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 55482

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 OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to determine the positive airway pressure (PAP) device usage and pandemic-related anxiety in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients during the pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Five hundred twenty-seven OSAS patients were recruited into the study. A questionnaire consisting of 7 questions was filled to find out their Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)-related anxiety levels and PAP device usage. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 53.3 years (±11.9). One hundred forty-one 141 (27%) of the participants were female and 382 (73%) were male. Two hundred sixteen (41%) patients reported using the PAP device regularly [PAP (+) group)
  307 (59%) patients reported not using it at all or using it irregularly (PAP (-) group]. Forty-nine (23%) PAP (+) patients and 91 (29%) PAP (-) patients had COVID-19. The use of a PAP device was not significantly associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection ( CONCLUSION: There was no evidence that the use of PAP devices in OSAS patients influenced the risk of getting COVID-19 and the clinical course of the disease. PAP device usage did not affect the level of anxiety associated with the pandemic in patients.