OBJECTIVE: To identify learning needs and factors related to postdischarge use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilation. DESIGN: Exploratory descriptive correlational. SETTING: Metropolitan and rural clinics. SUBJECTS: Adult @entity1 (N = 21) and family caregivers, one half 60 years or older. INSTRUMENTS: Family interviews, life satisfaction and quality, family function and relationship, @entity308 . RESULTS: There were numerous learning needs related to CPAP machine management, monitoring illness severity, and recognizing depressive symptomology, @entity26 deficits, and @entity65 . Family members are involved in overcoming barriers interfering with nightly CPAP use. Interview and questionnaire data clearly indicate life satisfaction improves after CPAP treatment. CONCLUSION: Predischarge and teaching programs coordinated by expert nurses are needed to address families' learning needs and support habitual long-term CPAP use. Family problem solving and @entity308 interventions, instruction on recognizing symptoms of @entity65 , and long-term follow-up programs are currently being studied.

Continuous positive airway pressure: XXXX ' and caregivers' learning needs and barriers to use.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity26 :: ('MESH:D010100', 'Chemical') :: ['oxygen'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression and learning preparedness', 'depression'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular sequelae', 'cardiovascular complications']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
