WHAT IS A PAP NAP? A Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Nap is a daytime study for patients who have anxiety about starting PAP therapy, are claustrophobic, or are having difficulty tolerating PAP therapy for their sleep-related breathing disorder.

2014年5月29日 · What is a “PAP-NAP”? The “PAP-NAP” is a daytime sleep study conducted to desensitize patients to PAP therapy, especially patients who have acute anxiety about using PAP due to insomnia or other anxiety conditions.

The pap-nap is a short, daytime sleep study used to acclimate patients with sleep-disordered breathing to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. CPAP therapy includes the use of a small machine that provides steady air pressure through a hose and mask to keep your airways open while you sleep.

A PAP nap is a short, daytime sleep study to help patients who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea adjust to treatment. PAP naps help you overcome anxieties and difficulties when beginning continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.

What's A PAP NAP? A PAP NAP study is done to help you get acclimated to PAP therapy and work out any current issues you are having adapting to it. When you arrive for your sleep …

Using a Sleep Dynamic Therapy framework, explicating SDB as a mind-body disorder, the PAP-NAP includes mask and pres-sure desensitization, emotion-focused therapy to overcome aversive emotional reactions, mental imagery to divert patient attention from mask or pressure sensations, and physiological exposure to PAP ther-apy during a 100-minute na...

Study objectives: Positive airway pressure (PAP) noncompliance remains a major barrier in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment. The PAP-NAP, a daytime PAP "test-drive," has been associated with increased PAP use, but risk factors and indications for …

2009年10月5日 · When effectively trained, sleep techs can engage patients to learn about their motivations, frustrations, and anxieties about PAP therapy. They also serve as an early warning system embedded in the sleep lab to detect barriers to adaptation.

PAP NAPs will be offered to patients who have tried PAP therapy at home and are intolerant or fearful of PAP therapy. This may be due to claustrophobia issues, mask issues or intolerance to pressures. PAP NAPs can be used for patients as a reintroduction to therapy if therapy has been omitted for a period of time.

2017年1月11日 · We have found that integrating motivational self-hypnosis techniques with a PAP-NAP desensitizing procedure is highly beneficial in helping patients overcome negative feelings and anxiety toward treatment.