Treatment of snoring with positional therapy in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

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Position therapy plays a role in treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether position therapy using a head-positioning pillow (HPP) could reduce snoring sounds in patients with mild-To-moderate positional OSAS, taking into account the potential confounding effects of body weight. A total of 25 adults with positional OSAS (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] supine:AHI non-supine â ‰ 2) were prospectively enrolled. Patients were asked to use their own pillows at home during the first night (N 0), and the HPP during the second (N 1) and third (N 2) nights. The primary outcome measures included the subjective snoring severity (SS, measured on a visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 10) and the objective snoring index (SI, expressed as the number of snoring events per hour measured on an acoustic analytical program). Both endpoints were recorded over three consecutive nights. From N 0 to N 2, the median SS and SI values in the entire study cohort decreased significantly from 5.0 to 4.0 and from 218.0 events/h to 115.0 events/h, respectively. In the subgroup of overweight patients, SS showed a significant improvement, whereas SI did not. Both SS and SI were found to be significantly improved in normal-weight patients.

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Chen, W. C., Lee, L. A., Chen, N. H., Fang, T. J., Huang, C. G., Cheng, W. N., & Li, H. Y. (2015). Treatment of snoring with positional therapy in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Scientific Reports, 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18188

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