RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Home telemonitoring of CPAP: A feasability study JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP P1289 VO 40 IS Suppl 56 A1 Jean Louis Fraysse A1 Nathalie Delavillemarque A1 Bernard Gasparutto A1 Ludivine Leseux A1 Paul Leophonte A1 Alain Didier YR 2012 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1289.abstract AB Background: The most commonly used treatment for sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is the application of constant positive airway pressure (CPAP) during sleep. Compliance is an essential element of CPAP efficiency. Compliance is dependent on the quality of the coverage care and on the information of the patients. With the telemedicine emergence, telemonitoring of the CPAP makes its appearance, in France.Methods: This study is observational and multi centers. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of CPAP telemonitoring in SAS patients (n=90). During the installation of equipment, patients receive the instruction to connect the CPAP SD card to a connecting box named twitoo, every week during 2 months. The data transmission is made towards the study coordinator, the home care provider named SADIR, by the way of a telemedicine platform, located in France. Actual numbers and frequency of remote-monitoring box connexions are quantified.Results: 92% of patients (n=62) connected SD card to twitoo at least once. We expected a maximum of 8 connections with a frequency of one connection every 7 days. We observed a mean of 6.2 connections during the 2 months, with a frequency of one connection every 7.6 days.Conclusion: This study demonstrated good adhesion of the patients to this new tool of data transmission, by telemonitoring, of their CPAP treatment. Its efficacy on treatment compliance has to be evaluated in a larger group using a randomized procedure.