INTRODUCTION This study aimed to determine compliance with noninvasive home ventilation in children with obstructive sleep apnoea and the factors affecting this compliance. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 51 children who were prescribed noninvasive home ventilation for the management of obstructive sleep apnoea from 1 January 2000 until 31 May 2008. Noninvasive ventilation was started bas...

Foundation for Medical Research and the Institute of Health Economics) is also greatly appreciated. We are grateful to the Maine Office of Substance Abuse for cooperation in providing the data for the study. We thank Sydney for their valuable comments and suggestions. We thank editor Will Manning and two referees for their advice. The authors alone are responsible for the analysis and conclusio...

The aims of the present study were to explore methods used by Dutch orthodontists in daily practice to estimate and stimulate patient compliance, and to develop a theoretical model of compliance. A questionnaire, containing 38 items, was distributed among participants at the annual congress of the Dutch Society of Orthodontists in September 2002. The items concerned the need for and the level o...

A positive correlation between albuminuria and severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has been demonstrated, as indexed by urine albumin-to-creatinine ratios (UACRs). However, the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on albuminuria in OSAS patients has not been established.Sixty subjects, with apnea-hypopnea indices >15 events per hour and no other diagnos...

Sepsis is an emerging concern among older adults, associated with high mortality. Evidence of possible ageism, in the form of less aggressive treatment, has been reported for other diseases. The goal of the study was to investigate whether age was a determining factor in aggressiveness of treatment for severe sepsis and to evaluate in-hospital mortality rates. A subanalysis of previously collec...

BACKGROUND Compliance with antihypertensive medications is essential to the clinical management of hypertension. Poor compliance with antihypertensive medications has often been associated with treatment failure and disease progression. OBJECTIVE To identify patient and prescriber characteristics that may influence compliance with antihypertensive medications. METHOD We used pharmacy record...

BACKGROUND Asthma control and treatment compliance are widely investigated issues around the world. Studies have demonstrated relatively low asthma compliance and control in 40-90% of asthma patients in different countries. There are no available data on the Israeli adult asthmatic population OBJECTIVES To investigate the level of asthma control and compliance in adult asthmatic patients. M...

Meta-analyses reveal that homework compliance is associated with a better treatment outcome. However, little is known about the processes that could be responsible for patient compliance with homework. It has been proposed that therapist competence, in particular with respect to reviewing homework, is highly relevant for homework compliance. The present study is a secondary analysis of a random...