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    Sleep apnea:

    a condition too important


    not to understand
    Despite its prevalence, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
    is not well understood – even among those who have
    the condition.
    The OSA risk factor most Only 53% recognize OSA can
    often identified is being be tied to serious conditions
    overweight/ obese, but such as high blood pressure,
    only about half of those diabetes, asthma, heart
    with OSA selected it (51%) disease, and strokes³

    Even when aided, survey participants were not able to


    1 billion consistently identify risk factors for OSA.
    people have obstructive
    sleep apnea (OSA)¹, but 80% Only 47% recognize Only 25% of people believe that
    overweight/obesity anyone can get OSA.
    of moderate and severe as a risk factor
    OSA cases go undiagnosed².

    Common Coming into the know


    misunderstandings It’s time to start understanding how to
    identify the warning signs of OSA:
    30%
    of people with
    sleep apnea believe
    it’s not necessary
    to be treated. 33%
    of sleep apnea patients noticed their quality of sleep was poor

    Only 36%
    of sleep apnea 27%
    patients use CPAP at were told by their partner/spouse that they stopped
    least once a week. breathing at night

    17% 24%
    were told their snoring disturbed their
    of sleep apnea
    partner/spouse
    patients who have
    been prescribed
    CPAP do not use it. To help understand sleep issues, use the
    SmartSleep Analyzer tool to assess your sleep
    Yet, if used properly, CPAP therapy quality and receive personalized feedback,
    is highly effective at treating OSA⁴. valuable insights, and recommendations.

    Being in the know


    According to those who have been diagnosed with OSA and use CPAP therapy³:

    68% 75% 71% 71% 75%


    say it was easy would recommend say the benefits say that their would recommend
    to adjust to using it to others outweigh the sleep has improved CPAP therapy for
    CPAP therapy inconvenience since starting someone with OSA
    CPAP therapy

    For expert tips on ways to improve sleep, click here. To see more findings from this
    year’s World Sleep Day survey, please visit: Philips.com/WorldSleepDay.
    1 .OSA may affect nearly 1 billion adults worldwide, Healio Pulmonology 3 Indicates net “somewhat” or “complete” agreement with the statement
    2 Sleep Apnea Information For Clinicians, sleepapnea.org 4 From CPAP To Tailored Therapy For Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

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