Murad Mutlu Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Sleep Medicine, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Snoring
Department of sleep, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Turkey
Murad Mutlu is currently working in Department of sleep, Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals. He reviewed many scientific papers.
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Author(s): Meltem Tulagar, Murad Mutlu, Melike Yuceege, Hikmet Firat and Sadik Ardic
Study objectives: Compliance is the adherence of the patient to CPAP therapy after his/her decision to start treatment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the compliance to PAP therapy in a large patient population and the results were presented after 5 years of follow-up period in order to emphasize longterm compliance with CPAP treatment in the light of the literature.
Methods: Patients who could not afford CPAP device or attend regular controls were excluded from the study and the remaining 174 patients were included in the study. At the end of 5 years, the patients were called back. A total of 110 patients met the eligibility criteria for the study110 patients (79 males, 31 females)... view moreĀ»