Efficacy of sleep position modification to treat positional obstructive sleep apnea

Abstract

Objective/Background: To assess the feasibility and efficacy of sleep position modification in preventing supine sleep and improving sleep-disordered breathing and relevant clinical outcomes in positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) patients. Patients/Methods: Eighty-six consecutive participants with moderate positional OSA on routine diagnostic polysomnography underwent a randomized controlled parallel group design trial of 4-weeks treatment using a sleep position modification device (active) or sleep hygiene advice (control). Outcomes were measured at baseline and following a 4-week treatment period. Results: There was a significant reduction in the amount of supine sleep in the active g..