Sleep Medicine Update 2026: PAP Adherence Mastery in OSA: From First-Night Experience to Long-Term Persistence
Description
Sleep Medicine Update 2026: PAP Adherence Mastery in OSA — From First-Night Experience to Long-Term Persistence is designed as an ASWS-style advanced learning experience that goes beyond routine compliance discussions and reframes PAP adherence as a complete patient journey.
In the ASWS educational philosophy, mastery is not achieved by memorizing isolated facts, but by learning to interpret real-world patterns, anticipate barriers, and make thoughtful clinical decisions. This course follows that same approach. It begins with the first-night PAP experience, where comfort, mask fit, pressure response, anxiety, expectations, and patient confidence often shape the future trajectory of treatment. It then moves toward the deeper science and practice of long-term persistence, exploring behavioral, physiological, technological, and clinical factors that influence sustained PAP use.
The course agenda will cover key domains such as early PAP acclimatization, mask and leak issues, pressure intolerance, aerophagia, insomnia and anxiety overlap, patient self-efficacy, adherence trajectories, device data interpretation, troubleshooting strategies, and emerging methods to improve PAP continuation.
Rather than viewing adherence as a simple “usage target,” this course will help learners understand PAP adherence as a dynamic interaction between the patient, device, clinician, education system, and follow-up strategy. The goal is to equip participants with practical, evidence-informed, and patient-centered approaches that can improve both early acceptance and long-term treatment success in obstructive sleep apnea.
This is not just a course on PAP compliance. It is a structured ASWS learning journey from recognition to interpretation, and from troubleshooting to true adherence mastery.
Topics for this course
Defining PAP Adherence
Defining PAP Adherence00:40:00
Predicting PAP adherence from PSG metrics
The First 14 Days: Early Trajectories, Telemonitoring, and the Rescue Window
Beyond the Mask: Population, Environment, Family, and Contextual Determinants of Adherence
Rescuing Early Non-Adherence: Device Comfort, Leaks, Pressure Intolerance, and Behavioural Support
Future-Ready PAP Adherence— KPAP, V-Com, and Emerging Innovations
New metrics and procedures to help with PAP adherence
Improving PAP adherence with drugs and better device designs
Leaks during PAP therapy-types, Interpretation and management
Does leak affects monitoring pap effectiveness?
Enrolment validity: 400 days