The Victorian CPAP Program: Is there a need for additional education and support?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 526-532

  Manser, R L ^a   Naughton, M T ^b   Pierce, R J ^c   Sasse, A ^f   Teichtahl, H ^d   Ho, M ^e   Campbell, D A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f Latrobe Valley Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

CPAP; Health services research; Quality of life; Sleep apnoea syndromes; Subjective daytime sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036399175     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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