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Clinical management of poor adherence to CPAP: motivational enhancementMark S Aloia
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Behav Sleep Med 2:205-22. 2004..Finally, we outline some strengths and weaknesses of taking a behavior change approach to the problem of poor CPAP adherence...- Treatment adherence and outcomes in flexible vs standard continuous positive airway pressure therapyMark S Aloia
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence RI, USA
Chest 127:2085-93. 2005..To compare adherence and clinical outcomes between flexible positive airway pressure (PAP) [C-Flex; Respironics; Murraysville, PA] and standard PAP therapy (ie, continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP])... - Improving compliance with nasal CPAP and vigilance in older adults with OAHSM S Aloia
Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA
Sleep Breath 5:13-21. 2001..Performance on vigilance testing before the introduction of CPAP was predictive of CPAP use at 12 weeks. In conclusion, a modest cognitive-behavioral intervention may substantially increase CPAP use and vigilance in older adults... - Neuropsychological changes and treatment compliance in older adults with sleep apneaMark S Aloia
Providence VAMC and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Psychosom Res 54:71-6. 2003..associated with measures of sleep fragmentation and oxygen desaturation? (2) Does compliant use of CPAP provide a cognitive advantage over noncompliant use? (3) Does NP performance at baseline predict compliance at 3 months?.. - Neuropsychological sequelae of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: a critical reviewMark S Aloia
Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:772-85. 2004..The results are discussed in the context of a neurofunctional theory for the effects of OSAHS on the brain... - Cognitive dysfunction in individuals with myasthenia gravisR H Paul
Brown University School of Medicine, Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave, 02906, Providence, RI, USA
J Neurol Sci 179:59-64. 2000..Possible alternative mechanisms underlying cognitive dysfunction in MG are discussed... - Normalization of memory performance and positive airway pressure adherence in memory-impaired patients with obstructive sleep apneaMolly E Zimmerman
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Chest 130:1772-8. 2006.... - Predicting treatment adherence in obstructive sleep apnea using principles of behavior changeMark S Aloia
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 1:346-53. 2005..To determine the relative predictive utility of measures of behavior-change principles on treatment adherence in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea... - Working memory in obstructive sleep apnea: construct validity and treatment effectsJoshua C Felver Gant
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 3:589-94. 2007.... - Brief behavioral therapies reduce early positive airway pressure discontinuation rates in sleep apnea syndrome: preliminary findingsMark S Aloia
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School
Behav Sleep Med 5:89-104. 2007..The MET therapy performed best under the condition of flexible delivery of PAP, although differences were not statistically significant. Implications are discussed... - Default network response to a working memory challenge after withdrawal of continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apneaLawrence H Sweet
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Brain Imaging Behav 4:155-63. 2010..Results suggest that default network functions are further suspended as a result of a shifting of attention towards a more difficult active task in the context of lowered attentional capacity related to sleepiness... - Examining the construct of depression in obstructive sleep apnea syndromeMark S Aloia
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Duncan Building, Butler Hospital, 700 Butler Drive, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Sleep Med 6:115-21. 2005..We predicted that the Somatic and Cognitive dimensions of the BDI-II would be more strongly associated with apnea severity and obesity, respectively... - Time series analysis of treatment adherence patterns in individuals with obstructive sleep apneaMark S Aloia
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Ann Behav Med 36:44-53. 2008..Although treatment adherence is poor in OSA, state-of-the-art adherence monitoring allows a comprehensive examination of objective data... - The relationship between frontal gray matter volume and cognition varies across the healthy adult lifespanMolly E Zimmerman
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:823-33. 2006..The goal of the current study is to examine the relationship between age-related changes in regional gray matter volumes and cognitive function in a large, cross-sectional sample of healthy adults across the lifespan... - What have we learned about cognition in myasthenia gravis?: a review of methods and resultsR H Paul
Miriam Hospital, Brown Medical School, Fain 328, Division of Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, 164 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 20906, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 25:75-81. 2001..These findings need to be replicated with adequate control of potential confounds before any conclusions can be made regarding cognition in this disease. Suggestions for design of future studies are provided... - A review of neuroimaging in obstructive sleep apneaMolly E Zimmerman
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 2:461-71. 2006..The authors reviewed neuroimaging studies of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to summarize findings, evaluate their contribution to a current understanding of the neurophysiology of the disorder, and propose directions for future research... - How early in treatment is PAP adherence established? Revisiting night-to-night variabilityMark S Aloia
Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Room A109b, 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Behav Sleep Med 5:229-40. 2007..This article also discusses how this might relate to the experience of significant side effects of treatment...