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Continuous PAP (CPAP) devices deliver a continuous and fixed air pressure level, whereas automatic PAP (APAP) devices automatically adjust the pressure to meet changing needs during sleep. The adherence, tolerance and consistency of OSA-children's use of CPAP and APAP devices were compared.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study design<\/jats:title><jats:p>One-year, observational cohort study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty-seven OSA-children were enrolled. Fourteen (52%) used CPAP, and 13 (48%) used APAP. The adherence, tolerance, and consistency of the PAP usage by the two groups were compared.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, 11 of the 27 children (41%) showed good PAP adherence. The CPAP patients averaged 4.9 h of device usage on the days used, for 60% of days, with 6 of 14 (43%) demonstrating good adherence. In comparison, the APAP patients averaged 3.2 h for 55% of days, with 5 of 13 (38%) exhibiting good adherence. The 2 groups showed no differences in their adherence, tolerance, or consistency of device usage (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> values, 0.816, 0.609, and 0.720, respectively). Although the adherence of both groups improved in the second 6 months, it was without statistical significance (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> values, 0.400 and 0.724). Age, sex, baseline apnea-hypopnea index, comorbidities, prescribed period, device type, mask type, and caregiver education-level were not risk factors for poor PAP adherence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>No differences in the adherence, tolerance, or consistency of the children's use of CPAP and APAP were revealed in this small inhomogeneous cohort study with limited resources.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2022.841705","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,11]],"date-time":"2022-02-11T06:38:15Z","timestamp":1644561495000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Comparing Adherence of Continuous and Automatic Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP and APAP) in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Children"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Prakarn","family":"Tovichien","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aunya","family":"Kulbun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kanokporn","family":"Udomittipong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"253","DOI":"10.1513\/pats.200707-111MG","article-title":"Pathophysiology of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea","volume":"5","author":"Katz","year":"2008","journal-title":"Proc Am Thorac Soc."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"242","DOI":"10.1513\/pats.200708-135MG","article-title":"Epidemiology of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea","volume":"5","author":"Lumeng","year":"2008","journal-title":"Proc Am Thorac Soc."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD001106.pub2","article-title":"Continuous positive airways pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults","author":"Giles","year":"2006","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"Cd003531","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD003531.pub4","article-title":"Pressure modification or humidification for improving usage of continuous positive airway pressure machines in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea","volume":"12","author":"Kennedy","year":"2019","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev."},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"67","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2018.03.028","article-title":"Treating obstructive sleep apnea and chronic intermittent hypoxia improves the severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children","volume":"198","author":"Sundaram","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Pediatr"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"102","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2017.11.043","article-title":"Systolic blood pressure elevation in children with obstructive sleep apnea is improved with positive airway pressure use","volume":"195","author":"DelRosso","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Pediatr"},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"461","DOI":"10.1183\/09031936.04.00114603","article-title":"Can psychological factors help us to determine adherence to CPAP? 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