Adherence to positive airway pressure therapy in U.S. Military personnel with sleep apnea improves sleepiness, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms

Military Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 475-482

  Mysliwiec, Vincent ^a   Capaldi, Vincent F ^b   Gill, Jessica ^c   Baxter, Tristin ^a   O’Reilly, Brian M ^a   Matsangas, Panagiotis ^d   Roth, Bernard J ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943517135     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00197     Document Type: Article

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