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WE WANT YOUR OPINION!

15 questions = 5 minutes = Chance to win 1 of 10 $50 checks.
No strings attached. It's that simple.

If you are a CPAP or Bilevel user, and utilize humidification in your daily therapy, we would like you to complete this survey. You could win one of ten $50 checks as a token of our appreciation.

With CPAP failure rates still alarmingly high at 50-60%, patients should be provided all of the tools they need to ensure successful compliance. Heated humidification not only makes CPAP therapy more pleasant, it also resolves many compliance issues.

Excess condensation can develop in the CPAP tubing and cause an uncomfortable rain out effect. In recent years, the introduction of heated-wired tubing has given patients options; but do they work well and are they worth the cost? There is no better feedback than from those who have actually tried it. Please take this poll if you are a patient who has used humidification and/or a heated-wire tubing. Thank you for your time.

1. What region of the country do you live in?
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
Midwest
2. When prescribed CPAP or Bilevel therapy, were you immediately scripted to use humidification?
Yes
No
3. If not, how long was it before a humidification system was included into your therapy?
1 Week
1 Month
6 Months
1 Year or more
4. What humidification system do you currently use?
Respironics
ResMed
Fisher & Paykel
Covidien - Puritan Bennett
     Other (please specify): 
5. How frequently do you use humidification in your daily therapy?
Seasonally
When symptoms arise (dry nose, congestion, nose bleed, etc)
All year around
6. To reduce excess condensation, is heated-wire tubing better than using a cloth tubing cover?
Yes
No
Have not used either
7. If you use heated-wire tubing, which product do you use?
Fisher & Paykel
SleepZone
Not applicable
     Other (please specify): 
8. When do you use heated-wire humidification?
Every night, all year
Only with variant sleeping room temperatures
Only during the cold winter months
Not Applicable
9. Would you say the cost of heated-wire tubing justifies the result you get?
Yes
No
Not Applicable
10. Does it completely solve rain-out/excess condensation issues?
Yes
No
Not Applicable
11. Are there nights when the heated-wire tubing gets too hot?
Yes
No
Not Applicable
12. Do you feel that heated-wire tubing heavier than regular tubing?
Yes
No
Not Applicable
13. Do you find that the weight of the tubing causes pulling on the mask?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Not Applicable
14. Do you find heated-wire tubing easy to connect to your CPAP machine?
Yes
No
Not Applicable
15. Do you find heated-wire tubing easy to travel with?
Yes
No
Not Applicable
Additional comments about your experience using heated-wire tubing
Please provide your contact information: name, address (city, state,zip) phone number and email address so we may contact you, if you are a winner!
SeQual Technologies
Puritan Bennett
Respironics
ResMed
PAPillow.com
National Fibromyalgia Association

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