Patients’ survey on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adaptation and follow-up
| RC versus TC | TC-noAPP versus TC-APP | |||||
| RC | TC | p-value | TC-noAPP | TC-APP | p-value | |
| Patients | 61 | 102 | 69 | 33 | ||
| Satisfaction with the follow-up | <0.001 | 0.103 | ||||
| No | 9 (14.8%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Partially | 10 (16.4%) | 2 (1.96%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (6.06%) | ||
| Yes | 42 (68.9%) | 100 (98.0%) | 69 (100%) | 31 (93.9%) | ||
| Easy access to healthcare professionals | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 12 (19.7%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Partially | 13 (21.3%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Yes | 36 (59.0%) | 102 (100%) | 69 (100%) | 33 (100%) | ||
| Confidence in the confidentiality of the data | 0.018 | |||||
| No | 1 (1.64%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Partially | 3 (4.92%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Yes | 57 (93.4%) | 102 (100%) | 69 (100%) | 33 (100%) | ||
| Rather be followed telematically or in person, i.e. the opposite group | <0.001 | 1.000 | ||||
| No | 25 (41.0%) | 96 (94.1%) | 65 (94.2%) | 31 (93.9%) | ||
| Partially | 14 (23.0%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Yes | 22 (36.1%) | 6 (5.88%) | 4 (5.80%) | 2 (6.06%) | ||
| Increase in number of hours of CPAP because of the follow-up done | 0.063 | 0.011 | ||||
| No | 19 (31.1%) | 50 (49.0%) | 38 (55.1%) | 12 (36.4%) | ||
| Partially | 15 (24.6%) | 15 (14.7%) | 5 (7.25%) | 10 (30.3%) | ||
| Yes | 27 (44.3%) | 37 (36.3%) | 26 (37.7%) | 11 (33.3%) | ||
| Use of the telemedicine and telemonitoring system again or recommendation of it to others | 0.390 | |||||
| No | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.96%) | 1 (1.45%) | 1 (3.03%) | ||
| Partially | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.96%) | 1 (1.45%) | 1 (3.03%) | ||
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 98 (96.1%) | 67 (97.1%) | 31 (93.9%) | ||
Numbers in bold represent a p-value of <0.05. RC: retrospective cohort; TC: telemedicine cohort; TC-noAPP: telemedicine cohort not using smartphone application; TC-APP: telemedicine cohort using smartphone application.