LONDON, Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ResMed (NYSE: RMD) today announced new European research from Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), revealing that patients with sleep apnea who use ResMed's myAir have greater adherence to CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) therapy than those who don't.
myAir is ResMed's digital and online support program that enables patients to track their own treatment and get personalized coaching tips to support motivation.
The data, published today in a white paper, demonstrate that myAir patients use their device an average 46 minutes longer per night compared to other patients. Furthermore, the average adherence to CPAP treatment for new patients in their first week of treatment is 76% for myAir patients compared to 71% for other patients.1
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David Jones, Sleep Manager at University Hospital of South Manchester, United Kingdom, commented: "We know that around half of patients are not compliant with their CPAP treatment; this is a major concern for sleep treatment professionals.2 The effects of poor treatment adherence are profound, not only because of the impact on patients' quality of life, but also in terms of an increased number of accidents and emergency visits, hospitalizations and the resulting financial burden that this places on healthcare systems. These latest findings confirm that enabling patients to track and improve their CPAP device usage is an important step towards long-term compliance and better patient outcomes."
PwC's study, "Empowering the Sleep Apnoea Patient," analyzed anonymous daily-usage data from over 23,000 patients in Germany and the United Kingdom on CPAP or automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) therapy for sleep apnea.1 The patients were treated by sleep clinics and home care providers in these two countries, and were all monitored via telemonitoring by their nurse or physician. Over 1,800 of these patients were also registered in myAir.
In addition to receiving data, PwC interviewed several clinics and home care providers in the United Kingdom, Germany and Finland to further investigate the positive influence of myAir on patients and clinics. Usage data and anecdotal evidence were then analyzed for those patients who had and hadn't registered for myAir.
Christian Käfling from PwC commented: "In recent years, the introduction of telemonitoring has given sleep clinics and home care providers a tool to proactively intervene to help patients starting CPAP treatment. With myAir, telemonitoring has been taken to the next level, and this research has now confirmed that patients who use it show significantly and measurably better adherence and usage than other patients."
