Towards better management of obstructive sleep apnoea in chronic tetraplegia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1114181

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Approximately 50% of people with tetraplegia have obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA); a condition where their throat closes during sleep. OSA is known to make living with tetraplegia much more difficult. This project aims to develop a way to screen for OSA in tetraplegia without a full sleep study (an expensive and often inaccessible test) and to understand the issues faced by clinicians in managing OSA in this group of patients so that strategies can be designed to improve diagnosis and treatment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $71,636.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

evidence-based clinical practice | obstructive sleep apnoea | sleep | spinal cord injury | translational research

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