Evaluating the Benefit of Home Support Provider Services for Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Protocol for an Ambispective International Real-World Study

Sarah Alami   ^{1 *} , PharmD ;   Manuella Schaller   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Sylvie Blais   ¹ , MSc ;   Henry Taupin   ¹ , MSc ;   Marta Hernández González   ² , MSc ;   Frédéric Gagnadoux   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Paula Pinto   ^{4, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Irene Cano-Pumarega   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Lieven Bedert   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Ben Braithwaite   ⁸ , MSc ;   Hervé Servy   ⁸ , MSc ;   Stéphane Ouary   ⁹ , PhD ;   Céline Fabre   ⁹ , MSc ;   Fabienne Bazin   ⁹ , PhD ;   Joëlle Texereau   ^{10, 11} , MD, PhD

¹ Air Liquide Santé International, Bagneux, France

² VitalAire Spain, Madrid, Spain

³ Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France

⁴ Thorax Department, Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

⁵ Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisbon, Portugal

⁶ Sleep Unit and Respiratory Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain

⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen Middelheim Hospital, Anvers, Belgium

⁸ Sanoïa, Aubagne, France

⁹ Horiana, Bordeaux, France

¹⁰ Air Liquide Healthcare, Bagneux, France

¹¹ Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

*these authors contributed equally