The Effect of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Sleep Quality of Bed Partners

6-Month CPAP-Treatment in a Young Male Patient with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome — A Case Study from the Couple's Perspective

“…The positive pressure applied through a nose mask provides an airway splint, i.e., it counteracts the negative inspiratory pressure from the lungs, and thereby the airway is kept open [13]. CPAP-treatment leads to positive effects on morbidity and mortality, as well as significant improvements on sleep efficiency and quality for both patients and spouses [13,14]. The acceptance of the treatment may however be difficult [15].…”

Spousal involvement in CPAP adherence among patients with obstructive sleep apnea

“…Patients and partners report decreased sleepiness and improved psychosocial, relationship quality [12][13][14], and objective sleep quality [15,16] when treated with CPAP. However, despite the benefits of CPAP, 46-83% of patients is nonadherent [17,18].…”

Changes in emotional state of bed partners of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea patients following radiofrequency tissue ablation: a pilot study

“…According to the study of Beninati, elimination of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea in patients is associated with improvement in sleep efficiency and continuity in their bed partners' sleep [6]. While we did not observe any significant changes in ESS scores either in simply snoring or in OSAHS patients' bed partner groups at baseline and after the patients underwent two sessions of RFTA treatment, this suggests that patients' daytime complaints-sleepiness and cognitive impairment-play a major role in the development of disturbed emotional state of their bed partners.…”

“…Previous CPAP treatment studies showed significant benefits in bed partners' health status after patients received CPAP therapy [3][4][5][6]. Unfortunately, the long-term compliance rate with CPAP therapy is below 70% in the target patients [21].…”

“…Only a few studies have examined the quality of life of the bed partners of the patients with OSAHS [3][4][5]. Previous studies revealed that spouses of OSAHS patients demonstrated an improvement in sleep efficiency after the patients started nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which was confirmed by increased scores of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) inventory [3,6]. While minimally invasive radiofrequency tissue ablation (RFTA) surgery on palatal and/or tongue base level showed to improve OSAHS patients' HRQOL and depressive symptoms, the potential changes of emotional state of bed partners of these patients so far have received little attention [7,8].…”