Posttest/Evaluation: A Wake-Up Call: Improving Recognition and Management of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In order to receive a CME certificate for your participation in this activity, please complete this form in its entirety.

1.To receive CME credit for completing this activity, please provide your full name, degree/specialty, and email address. (Required.)

Name

Degree & Specialty

State/Province

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2.Request for Credit(Required.)

I participated in the entire activity and claim 0.75 credit.

I participated in only part of the activity and claim 0.50 credit.

I participated in only part of the activity and claim 0.25 credit.

3.After participating in this activity, how confident are you in the management of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea in your practice? (Required.)

4.How many years have you been in practice?(Required.)

≥21

11-20

1-10

<1

5.How many patients with OSA do you manage per week?(Required.)

1 to 10

11 to 25

26 to 50

I am not directly involved in patient care

6.Please select the option that best describes your practice setting:(Required.)

7.Carl is 52-year-old truck driver with a history of OSA controlled with CPAP therapy. He strongly denies any sleepiness, but his wife reports that she has concerns about it being a problem, especially when he is working. Which of the following would you use to evaluate his sleepiness and how it impacts him while he is working? (Required.)

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)

Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)

Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ)

8.Which process is thought to be a downstream effect of both hypoxemia and sleep fragmentation in OSA that directly contributes to residual sleepiness?

Systemic inflammation

Atrophy of upper airway dilator muscles

Neuronal loss

9.How committed are you to making changes in your practice based on your participation in this activity?(Required.)

If not committed or do not plan to make changes, please indicate reason

10.Which of the following best describes the impact of this activity on your performance? (Required.)

I gained new strategies/skills/information I can apply to my area of practice

I need more information before I can change my practice

My practice is already consistent with the information presented

This activity will not change my practice

11.Which new strategies/skills/information will you apply to your area of practice? Please select all that apply.(Required.)

Improved knowledge of the impact of EDS on patients with OSA

Ability to identify EDS in patients with OSA

Ability to provide improved treatment of EDS in patients with OSA

Knowledge of the criteria for EDS in patients with OSA

Refer patients with EDS for further evaluation

12.What barriers do you see to making changes in your practice? Please select all that apply.(Required.)

Lack of knowledge regarding evidence-based strategies

Lack of convincing evidence to warrant change

Lack of time/resources to consider change

Insurance, reimbursement or legal issues

Conflicting guidelines or evidence

Patient compliance and/or patient resource barriers

Other (please explain)

18.If you indicated that you perceived commercial bias or influence, please describe:

19.As a result of your participation in this activity, what is the one change you are most likely to implement in your practice?

20.Please list any clinical issues/problems within your scope of practice you would like to see addressed in future educational activities for this or a related disease state:

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