Clinical Study

Validation of the CPAP Habit Index-5: A Tool to Understand Adherence to CPAP Treatment in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Table 5

The association between habits after 6 months and CPAP adherence at 12 months ( ).

Dependent variableIndependent variablesInitial modelFull model
(se)95% CI (se)95% CI

Total hours of CPAP use (i) Habits −132.3 (14.3)***−161.1/−103.5−141.9 (15.6)***−173.3/−110.5
(ii) OSA severity at baseline−4.0 (2.7)−9.5/1.5
(iii) Excessive daytime sleepiness at baseline−11.7 (15.5)−42.8/19.4
(iv) Attitudes to CPAP treatment after 2 weeks5.8 (21.0)−36.4/48.1
(v) Side effects of CPAP treatment after 6 months15.6 (10.6)−6.0/37.2
Model statistics , ,

Days of CPAP use over 4 h/night (i) Habits−18.4 (2.1)***−22.6/−14.1−19.9 (2.3)***−24.5/−15.3
(ii) OSA severity at baseline−0.5 (0.4)−1.3/0.3
(iii) Excessive daytime sleepiness at baseline−1.2 (2.3)−5.8/3.4
(iv) Attitudes to CPAP treatment after 2 weeks2.1 (3.1)−4.1/8.4
(v) Side effects of CPAP treatment after 6 months1.6 (1.6)−1.6/4.8
Model statistics

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