Table 3—

Measures of sleepiness, and cognitive function at baseline, on continuous positive airway pressure(CPAP) and on mandibular advancement device (MAd)

Parameter#BaselineCPAPMAd
Epworth sleepiness scale (↓)10.6±4.58.2±3.9***7.7±4.0***
OSLER test
 Sleep latency s (↑)2094±6742300±391*2312±322*
 Errors n (↓)12.5±17.98.7±19.8*4.3±7.5**
Trail Making Test A (↓)36.4±10.930.1±8.9***32.5±9.6*
Trail Making Test B (↓)79.3±26.268.5±22.2***73.4±33.0
  • Data are presented as mean±sd; #: the arrows in parentheses indicate the direction of improvement for each parameter. OSLER: Oxford sleep resistance. *: p<0.05 for the comparison of treatment versus baseline; **: p<0.01 for the comparison of treatment versus baseline; ***: p<0.001 for the comparison of treatment versus baseline. For each variable, p-values are adjusted for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni correction, i.e. p-values are multiplied by 3.