CPAP or Placebo-effect?
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Mood Predicts Response to Placebo CPAP
Study Objectives. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is efficacious for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but recent studies with placebo CPAP (CPAP administered at subtherapeutic pressure) have revealed nonspecific (or placebo) responses to CPAP treatment. This study examined baseline psychological factors associated with beneficial effects from placebo CPAP treatment. Pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: SLEEP
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0161-8105,1550-9109
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2218