Racial Disparities in Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Adherence Among Veterans with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Overview

Journal J Clin Sleep Med

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2020 Apr 9

PMID 32267221

Citations 13

Authors

Nancy Hsu

Michelle R Zeidler

Armand M Ryden

Constance H Fung

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Abstract

Study Objectives: Black individuals are disproportionately affected by diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and OSA. Adherence to PAP therapy has been reported to be lower among black individuals. This study seeks to examine associations between black race and PAP adherence among veterans with OSA.

Methods: This was a retrospective study. Veterans newly diagnosed with OSA at a single Department of Veterans Affairs sleep center who were prescribed a modem-enabled PAP device between January 2015 and November 2017 were enrolled. PAP adherence was defined as ≥ 4 hours nightly usage for at least 70% of nights measured at 30 days from PAP setup. We examined the relationship between race and adherence, controlling for sex, marital status, age, socioeconomic status, residual apnea-hypopnea index), and mask leak.

Results: Of 3013 patients identified with OSA, 2571 (85%) were newly started on PAP therapy (95% male, aged 59 years ± 14 years, 45% married, 8% with neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage). Twenty-five percent of participants were black, and 57% were white. PAP adherence at 30 days was 50% overall (42% among blacks, 53% among nonblacks). Black race was associated with reduced 30-day PAP adherence in unadjusted (P < .001) and adjusted logistic regression models (odds ratio = 0.64; 95% CI, 0.53 - 0.78; P < .001).

Conclusions: Among veterans with OSA, black race was associated with reduced PAP adherence. These findings suggest health inequality among black individuals in the treatment of OSA.

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