Ingo Fietze, Naima Laharnar, Panagiotis Bargiotas, Ozen K Basoglu, Zoran Dogas, Marta Drummond, Francesco Fanfulla, Thorarinn Gislason, Haralampos Gouveris, Ludger Grote, Holger Hein, Poul Jennum, Pavol Joppa, Klaas van Kralingen, John Arthur Kvamme, Carolina Lombardi, Ondrej Ludka, Wolfgang Mallin, Oreste Marrone, Walter T McNicholas, Stefan Mihaicuta, Josep Montserrat, Giora Pillar, Athanasia Pataka, Winfried Randerath, Renata L Riha, Gabriel Roisman, Tarja Saaresranta, Sophia E Schiza, Pawel Sliwinski, Juris Svaza, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Renauld Tamisier, Dries Testelmans, Georgia Trakada, Johan Verbraecken, Rolandas Zablockis, Thomas Penzel
OBJECTIVE: In 2010, a questionnaire-based study on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) management in Europe identified differences regarding reimbursement, sleep specialist qualification, and titration procedures. Now, 10 years later, a follow-up study was conducted as part of the ESADA (European Sleep Apnea Database) network to explore the development of OSA management over time. METHODS: The 2010 questionnaire including questions on sleep diagnostic, reimbursement, treatment, and certification was updated with questions on telemedicine and distributed to European Sleep Centers to reflect European OSA management practice...
September 2022: Sleep Medicine