The Effectiveness of Augmented Reality to Enhance CPAP Therapy in OSA Patients
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: With AR guided CPAP therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Aherence, Physical Symptoms, Mental Health, Quality of Life. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Using Augmented Reality to Establish and Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Set of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Care Management Protocol for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to exam if artificial reality works to improve continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. It will also learn about the feasibility of AR guided CPAP therapy. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does AR guided CPAP therapy increase the adherence of CPAP therapy among OSA patients? What barriers do participants have when using AR guided CPAP therapy? Researchers will compare AR guided CPAP therapy to a control (standard of care) to see if AR guided CPAP therapy works to enhance the adherence of CPAP therapy. Participants will: 1. Take AR guided CPAP therapy or standard of care every day for 6 months 2. Visit the clinic on baseline (t0), receiving CPAP therapy at the 1st month (t1), for checkups and tests, receiving CPAP therapy at the 3rd month (t2), receiving CPAP therapy at the 6th month (t3). 3. Response their symptoms on each following time.
Detailed description
Participants will randomly assign to two group, for experimental group will be received AR guided CPAP therapy. In the control group will be received standard of care.
Interventions
- Behavioral With AR guided CPAP therapy
Participants will received AR training course to utilize the AR guided CPAP therapy
Primary outcome measures
- The adherence of CPAP therapy [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- (1) Diagnosed with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (AHI≥15) through polysomnography (PSG).
- (2) Age is equal to or greater than 20 years old or equal.
Exclusion criteria
- (1) individuals who have previously used positive pressure ventilators for treatment,
- (2) those diagnosed with central sleep apnea,
- (3) those with uncontrolled acute mental illness,
- (4) terminally ill patients.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital — Tainan
Publications
- Rotenberg BW, Murariu D, Pang KP. Trends in CPAP adherence over twenty years of data collection: a flattened curve. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Aug 19;45(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s40463-016-0156-0. PMID 27542595
- Bakker JP, Weaver TE, Parthasarathy S, Aloia MS. Adherence to CPAP: What Should We Be Aiming For, and How Can We Get There? Chest. 2019 Jun;155(6):1272-1287. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.01.012. Epub 2019 Jan 23. PMID 30684472
- Wiederhold BK. How Virtual Reality Is Changing the Reality of Aging. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2020 Mar;23(3):141-142. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2020.29176.bkw. No abstract available. PMID 32150700
- Chen YC, Frange C, Pan SS, Ng CM, Chen YH, Lin CY. Beyond the Mask-Psychological Discomfort as a Predictor of Early CPAP Nonadherence in Moderate-to-Severe OSA Patients: A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study. Nurs Res Pract. 2026 Apr 6;2026:9630236. doi: 10.1155/nrp/9630236. eCollection 2026. PMID 41953147
- Chen MC, Chen YC, Lin CY. Enhancing Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Augmented Reality: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 May 6;14:e69757. doi: 10.2196/69757. PMID 40327384
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06520592 · A-ER-111-531 · 112-2628-B-110 -006 -MY3