Jahanpour Alipour, Yousef Mehdipour, Afsaneh Karimi, Mohadeseh Khorashadizadeh, Maryam Akbarpour
Security, confidentiality, privacy and patient safety in the hospital information systems from the users' perspective: A cross-sectional study
International journal of medical informatics
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome osas chronic multiorgan pathology negative impact quality life continuous positive airway pressure cpap firstline treatment osas however cpap termination rates remain high adherence therapy major issue date studies targeting predictive factors cpap adherence osas patients mainly include clinical data social socioeconomic psychological home environment aspects far less studied largely underestimated study aims obtain solid quantitative results examining relationship determinants refusal nonadherence termination cpap treatment particular pivotal role played health literacy prospective multicentre observational study recruiting patients attending sleep clinic grenoble alpes university hospital france consecutive adults 18 years recently diagnosed osas prescribed cpap treatment telemonitoring enrolled present study benefit home visits cpap technician nurse cpap initiation patients followed 6 months telemonitoring platform homecare provider primary objective evaluate impact health literacy health literacy measured european health literacy survey questionnaire hlseu16 refusal nonadherence termination cpap treatment newly diagnosed osas patients first 6 months diagnosis target sample size 250 participants study protocol patient information nonopposition form approved french national ethics committee cpp 202192 january 2022 patients required signed written informed consent form permitting anonymised personal medical data used clinical research purposes publish results peerreviewed medical journal institutional websites nct05385302