Primary outcome variables | Direction of improvement | Conservatives# | CPAP¶ | Between groups | |||
Baseline mean±sd | Change mean | W-S ES§ | Change mean | W-S ES¶ | ESf | ||
Marital satisfaction | |||||||
Patient ENRICH percentile | + | 55±6 | −8.0 | −0.50** | 5.0 | 0.31* | 0.81** |
Partner ENRICH percentile | + | 54±18 | −7.0 | −0.39*** | 2.0 | 0.11 | 0.50** |
General health/functional status | |||||||
SF-36 health transition score | − | 3.0±0.6 | 0.4 | −0.67** | −0.9 | 1.50*** | 2.17*** |
SF-36 physical component score | + | 38.6±8.8 | −2.5 | −0.28* | 6.6 | 0.75*** | 1.03*** |
SF-36 mental component score | + | 41.1±9.7 | −5.0 | −0.52*** | 8.7 | 0.90*** | 1.41*** |
FOSQ total score | + | 9.6±2.9 | −0.8 | −0.28*** | 3.5 | 1.21*** | 1.48*** |
Sleepiness | |||||||
Epworth score | − | 15±5 | 1.0 | −0.18* | −6.0 | 1.28*** | 1.46*** |
W-S: within-subjects
ES: effect size (score difference/sd)
SF-36: Short Form-36 Health Survey
ENRICH: evalution and nurturing relationship issues, communication and happiness
FOSQ: functional outcomes of sleep questionnaire
#: n=25
¶: n=44
§: positive value represents improvement at follow-up
f: positive value represents better improvement with continuous positive airway pressure than conservative therapy
*: p<0.05
**: p≤0.01
***: p≤0.001