Factors influencing the PAP adherence of elderly European sleep apnea patients in the ESADA cohort

ESADA Study Group: Steiropoulos P, Sleep Unit, Department of Pneumonology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece; Verbraecken J, Petiet E, Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Centre, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Trakada G, Pulmonary Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; Fietze I, Penzel T, Laharnar N, Schlafmedizinisches Zentrum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Ludka O, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Brno and International Clinical Research Center, St. Ann’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic; Bouloukaki I, Schiza S, Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece; McNicholas WT, Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Ryan S, Pulmonary and Sleep Disorders Unit, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Riha RL, Department of Sleep Medicine, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Scotland; Kvamme JA, Sleep Laboratory, ENT Department, Førde Central Hospital, Førde, Norway; Grote L, Hedner J, Zou D, Sleep Disorders Center, Pulmonary Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Center of Sleep and Wake Disorders, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Göteborg, Sweden; Pevernagie D, Sleep Disorders Center, Gent University, Gent, Belgium; Bailly S, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM HP2 (U1042) and Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; Pépin JL, Tamisier R, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM HP2 (U1042) and Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; Hein H, Sleep Disorders Center, St. Adolf Stift, Reinbeck, Germany; Basoglu ÖK, Tasbakan MS, Department of Chest Diseases, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; Buskova J, Department of Sleep Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic; Joppa P, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital, Kosice, Slovakia; Staats R, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal; Testelmans D, Sleep Disorders Centre, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; Gouveris H, Ludwig K, ENT department at Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, German; Lombardi C, Parati G, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, St. Luke Hospital, Milan & Department of Medicine and Surgery; University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Bonsignore MR, PROMISE Dept., University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Fanfulla F, Unità Operativa di Medicina del Sonno, Istituto Scientifico di Pavia IRCCS, Pavia, Italy; Petitjean M, Roisman G, Unité de Médecine du Sommeil, Hospital Antoine-Beclere, Clamart, France; Drummond M, van Zeller M, Pulmonology Department Hospital São João, Medicine Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal; Herkenrath S, Randerath W, Sleep Disorders Centre, Pulmonary Clinic, Solingen, Germany; Dogas Z, Galic, T, Sleep Medicine Center, Department of Neuroscience, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia; Pataka A, Respiratory Failure Unit, G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Mihaicuta S, Pulmonary Department, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Victor Babes Hospital, Timisoara, Romania; Anttalainen U, Saaresranta T, Division of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital and Sleep Research Centre, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology, University of Turku, Finland; Sliwinski P, 2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.