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This study aims to address that lack of insight into patients' feelings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design<\/jats:title>A qualitative study using the grounded theory method to establish a descriptive theory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>Twenty\u2010two Taiwanese OSA<\/jats:styled-content> patients undergoing CPAP<\/jats:styled-content> therapy participated in comprehensive interviews.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The patients, aged 37\u201368\u00a0years, participated in wide\u2010ranging interviews. \u2018Living with CPAP<\/jats:styled-content>\u2019 was the core theme describing the life experiences of OSA<\/jats:styled-content> patients undergoing CPAP<\/jats:styled-content>. Health warnings were identified as the antecedent condition, with subcategories including the following: severe snoring, choking and feelings of a terrible death during sleep, day and night sleepiness, easy tiredness, decreased memory, poor sleep, dry mouth, dry throat, headache, high blood pressure, poor blood sugar level control and falling asleep while driving. Analyses indicated seven subcategories of OSA<\/jats:styled-content> patients with CPAP<\/jats:styled-content>: (1) seeking medical information, (2) difficulties with CPAP<\/jats:styled-content>, (3) trial and error for the \u2018right\u2019 CPAP<\/jats:styled-content>, (4) long scheduled waiting times, (5) wondering, (6) high expectations, and (7) getting back good health.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions<\/jats:title>The results will assist healthcare providers with references for OSA<\/jats:styled-content> health care based on patients' subjective perspectives.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Relevance to clinical practice<\/jats:title>After interpreting and analysing results, suggestions include the following: (1) provide medical resource education for outpatients and inpatients to access self\u2010care knowledge regarding OSA<\/jats:styled-content>; (2) institute professional personnel for providing OSA<\/jats:styled-content> health education in sleep clinics or sleep centres; (3) develop hospital standards for sleep examination processes to shorten waiting times; (4) establish case management for pursuing OSA<\/jats:styled-content> patients receiving CPAP<\/jats:styled-content>; (5) arrange regular forums for patients to share their experiences; and (6) provide community health education to promote awareness of snoring issues.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jocn.12414","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,27]],"date-time":"2013-11-27T07:41:28Z","timestamp":1385538088000},"page":"268-278","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Life experiences among obstructive sleep apnoea patients receiving continuous positive airway pressure therapy"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Shui\u2010Tao","family":"Hu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung Taiwan"},{"name":"College of Nursing National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences Taipei Taiwan"},{"name":"College of Nursing Chang Gung University of Science and Technology Taoyuan Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chung\u2010Chieh","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung Taiwan"},{"name":"College of Medicine Chang Gung University Taoyuan Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pei\u2010Shan","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences Taipei Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Nursing Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lee\u2010Ing","family":"Tsao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences Taipei Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0952-8180(01)00232-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","unstructured":"Directorate\u2010General of Budget Accounting and Statistics of Taiwan(2012)The Latest Statistical Indicators. 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