Table 1.

Characteristics of baseline patients.

Study	Country	Jadad score	Intervention	CPAP compliance	Participating centers	Follow up	Patient number
Anttalainen16	Finland	1+1+0+1=3	TM care versus Usual care	6.4 ± 1.2 versus 6.1 ± 1.7	1 center	12 months	39 versus 49
Fields17	USA	2+2+0+1=5	TM care versus Usual care	3.68 ± 0.63 versus 2.93 ± 0.61	2 centers	3 months	14 versus 20
Fox18	Canada	2+1+0+1=4	TM care versus Usual care	5.35 ± 1.33 versus 3.45 ± 1.77	1 center	3 months	28 versus 26
Frasnelli19	Switzerland	1+1+0+0=2	TM care versus Usual care	5.3 ± 1.8 versus 4.43 ± 2.78	1 center	1 month	113 versus 110
Hoet20	Belgium	1+1+0+1=3	TM care versus Usual care	5.7 ± 1.6 versus 4.2 ± 1.9	1 center	3 months	17 versus 20
Hwang21	USA	2+1+0+1=4	TM care versus Usual care	4.67 ± 2.27 versus 3.8 ± 2.5	1 center	3 months	263 versus 129
Isetta22	Spain	2+2+0+1=5	TM care versus Usual care	4.4 ± 2 versus 4.2 ± 2 versus	8 centers	6 months	64 versus 64
Munafo25	USA	1+1+0+1=3	TM care versus Usual care	5.1 ± 1.9 versus 4.7 ± 2.1	1 center	3 months	58 versus 64
Stepnowsky11	USA	2+2+0+1=5	TM care versus Usual care	4.1 ± 1.8 versus 2.8 ± 2.2	1 center	1 month	20 versus 20
Sparrow28	USA	2+1+0+1=4	TM care versus Usual care	/	2 centers	12 months	112 versus 122
Taylor29	USA	2+1+0+1=4	TM care versus Usual care	4.29 ± 2.15 versus 4.22 ± 2.05	1 center	1 month	56 versus 58
Turino12	Spain	1+1+0+0=2	TM care versus Usual care	5.1 ± 2.1 versus 4.9 ± 2.2	1 center	3 months	52 versus 48
Antic15	Australia	1+1+0+1=3	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	4.56 ± 0.3 versus 4.11 ± 0.28	3 centers	3 months	95 versus 100
Berry13	USA	1+1+0+1=3	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	5.25 ± 0.38 versus 5.20 ± 0.28	1 center	1.5 months	39 versus 40
Kim23	USA	1+1+0+1=3	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	3.65 ± 2.4 versus 4.68 ± 2.1	Multicenter	3 months	61 versus 74
Kuna14	USA	1+1+0+1=3	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	2.92 ± 2.32 versus 3.49 ± 2.45	1 center	3 months	110 versus 113
Mulgrew24	Canada	2+2+0+1=5	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	5.17 ± 2.1 versus 6.07 ± 1.55	1 center	3 months	30 versus 31
Rosen26	USA	1+1+0+1=3	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	3.7 ± 2.4 versus 4.7 ± 2.1	1 center	3 months	61 versus 74
Skomro27	Canada	1+1+0+1=3	Supervised versus Home auto-adjustment	5.56 ± 2.0 versus 5.96 ± 1.4	1 center	1 month	37 versus 33

CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; TM, telemonitor.