Biguglygremlin

Hi Jim,

The Flonase is good in the long run with regular usage but if you have serious congestion and want a dramatic short term effect it might be worth talking to your pharmacist about a decongestant spray.

There might be a compliance issue with a difference here.

If the Pharmacy contracts somebody to process the data and generate a report and they are required to view the video footage how does the pharmacy protect them from potential trauma?

There would need to be rules and restrictions for the patients and, for those inadvertent moments, some insurance.

So maybe it really is an insurance issue after all.

That was my thought too Sierra.

Would motion activated video still work?

All good guesses Ruby but we don't all live in the great USofA and in this tiny corner of the world insurance doesn't rule supreme ..... yet.

Once you raise the subject of insurance, work or licenses with all the issues of compliance nobody in their right mind would want cameras in their bedroom but we 'other world' dwellers haven't fully embraced those methods yet.

Home studies here are generally paid for by the patient so it would just be a matter of a bit more money. At least double would be my guess because of the equipment as well as the extra time taken to generate a report.

Even so, double the current rate would still be only a fraction of what a clinic based sleep study would cost.

All patient info is supposed to be private but I wonder how many patients would object anyway because who wants a complete stranger seeing those pink satin sheets and what about that cobweb in the far corner and what will he/she think of those batman pyjamas the kids bought for me and of course the most important problem of all, I simply don't know what to do with my hair! :O

Which brings us back to the logistics of it. Can you demonstrate the system clearly enough in a busy pharmacy to ensure that a confused, sleep deprived customer will be able to take it all home and set it up effectively?

It might boost home study sales if they also sold linen and pyjamas. :)

Why don't home studies include video surveillance?

Obviously I have more need than most to 'see' what is happening while I am sleeping but being able to observe positions and other responses or attitudes would surely be a beneficial diagnostic tool.

I understand there may be privacy issues but which part of a home study is not an invasion of privacy?

Is it just an issue of cost?

Or functionality? (not trusting the patient to set it up correctly)

Or current medical/legal definitions and requirements not being able to quantify it?

Or is it already out there and I'm too ignorant to realise it?

Well you have been busy jeffez

I don't understand most of it but I'm sure Sierra will. :)

Thank you martyP

I missed your post sorry.

This was the kind of info I was looking for.

What side effects did you have and what dosage?

Hi jeffez

Thanks for query and info.

Please let us know how it all works out.

I didn't mean to provoke this reaction although it speaks well of the team.

I had some time to kill in the dark hours before dawn and the surveys were something to do.

This forum (and this topic) has been yet another way to kill time before I went back to bed so there was no compulsion to "fix" the surveys.

For the following comments please remember that I have a very vague memory and no access to the surveys once they were done.

Obviously there are many constraints and a difficult balance to reach and I think the surveys are not far off that point.

I actually enjoyed doing the surveys because they were simple and succinct and yet protracted in the number and scope of questions.

I don't think it would hurt to extend the surveys but you certainly need to keep the questions simple.

Have you considered writing an introduction to the surveys defining your purposes. Usually, if I know the purpose of the team, I would know how to answer the questions. Or is that approach taboo?

Keeping the layout and questions simple is critical to your purposes and that is one reason why the staff member in the room is so beneficial because they can provide additional information when required.

I know it's a lot of work to set up but have you considered having an "Additional Information" tag for each (or at least some) of the online questions? Enabling you to keep the simplicity but still offer clarification for obtuse people like me?

Even without those considerations you could achieve a lot with just a slight shuffle and a few minor changes in the wording.

If I were in your shoes I would be very uncomfortable. :O

But if I were in your shoes, and I could ignore the pain, I would make a few minor adjustments then I would probably focus on getting more exposure and on expanding and clarifying the sections to do with information, diagnosis and treatment because they are the areas which, in my view, could deliver the most meaningful results. (Did I mention free chin straps for participants?)

I'm sure there are others less sleep deprived and much smarter than me who could offer more relevant suggestions.

As you have so tactfully stated you can't please everybody but you should be pleased with what you have already achieved. :)

Oh btw you can have the shoes back. They just don't match my outfit! :P

Well done Sierra!