The effect of physician continuing medical education on patient-reported outcomes for identifying and optimally managing obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-204

  Johnson, Sara S ^a   Castle, Patricia H ^a   Van Marter, Deborah ^a   Roc, Anne ^b   Neubauer, David ^c   Auerbach, Sanford ^d,e   DeAguiar, Emma ^a  

^a Pro Change Behavior Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^b Medscape LLC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Continuing medical education; Obstructive sleep apnea; Patient reported outcomes; Stages of change; Transtheoretical Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924855033     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4524     Document Type: Article

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