Effects of Soft Cervical Collar on Apnea-Hypopnea Index in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

06 May 2025 : Clinical Research

Mehmet Hakan Bilgin

^{ABCDEF 1*}, Ahmet Arisoy

^{ABCDEF 1}, Merve Çalış^{ABCDEF 1}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947923

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947923

Authors information Article notes Copyright and License information

Introduction Material and Methods Results Discussion Conclusions Data Availability Statement References

Related articles Order reprints Share article Share by email

View HTML version

Table 2 Measurements of patients with PSG, neck collar, and CPAP.

		Mean	Std. dev.	Median	IQR
AHI	PSG	44.44^a	26.3	35.75	32.1
	Neck collar	36.69^a	37.48	23.45	50.5
	CPAP	10.91^b	30.13	4.95	6.4
Overnight saturation	PSG	89.16^b	3.17	90.0	2.2
	Neck collar	89.92^b	2.22	90.7	3.7
	CPAP	91.16^a	1.83	92.0	1.3
Lowest saturation	PSG	76.35^b	10.26	80.5	12.3
	Neck saturation	83.74^a	5.02	85.5	7.3
	CPAP	83.24^a	13.76	86.0	4.5
Hourly duration of desaturation below 90% (minutes)	PSG	5.67^a	6.01	3.81	6.24
	Neck collar	6.42^a	7.36	3.31	10.38
	PAP	4.53^b	9.08	0.37	3.05
^* Significance levels between measurement periods according to the Friedman test result; IQR – interquartile range; ^{a, b} – indicate the difference between measurement periods according to the Bonferroni-corrected post hoc test.

Back to the Article