Table 4 Home sleep test variables (means ± SD)
Control | Intervention | T1 intergroups comparison (homogeneity) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | ||
Total Sleep Time | 353.31 ± 53.63 | 356.02 ± 58.38 | 374.36 ± 68.14 | 368.02 ± 59.12 | 0.481 |
AHI | 27.44 ± 10.35 | 24.18 ± 11.37 | 28.75 ± 11.39 | 11.45 ± 6.16** | 0.798 |
AHI < 50% | – | 0/10 (0%) | – | 11/14 (78.5%) | – |
AHI < 5 | – | 0/10 (0%) | – | 5/14 (35.7%) | – |
FLOW | 10.80 ± 3.04 | 10.40 ± 2.91 | 11.33 ± 2.62 | 7.16 ± 1.68** | 0.910 |
SpO2 | 91.23 ± 2.81 | 91.87 ± 2.25 | 91.92 ± 2.65 | 94.32 ± 1.97* | 0.693 |
SpO2 min | 85.50 ± 4.40 | 84.76 ± 5.37 | 84.10 ± 4.88 | 85.22 ± 3.82 | 0.859 |
SNR (db) | 83.70 ± 3.71 | 83.30 ± 3.23 | 82.18 ± 5.16 | 81.36 ± 5.80 | 0.776 |
SNR (%) | 13.10 ± 10.07 | 11.40 ± 8.20 | 15.68 ± 11.22 | 3.80 ± 3.43** | 0.601 |
Body position | 44.70 ± 12.71 | 41.80 ± 9.69 | 45.33 ± 14.20 | 48.89 ± 10.91 | 0.901 |
Bruxism | 10.80 ± 3.04 | 7.61 ± 2.79 | 9.67 ± 3.72 | 7.02 ± 3.15 | 0.438 |
Bruxism/apnea | 0.95 ± 0.42 | 0.97 ± 0.45 | 0.91 ± 0.50 | 0.40 ± 0.25* | 0.540 |