How often do you download data?

Sleeprider · Post by **Sleeprider** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:52 pm

Pretty easy question and perhaps a good poll. I recall when I started therapy.

I have been using APAP for about 10 months. In the beginning, I would download daily and follow the results closely. That changed to once a week, and now about once every two weeks which means I don't save all the detailed data.

I think the healthy way to look at data collection and analysis is to observe trends and changes, not fine details. New users can benefit from seeing a cause and effect for increased apneas or leaks, but once you've been doing this a while, it seems to be sort of routine. So, I'm curious about your experience, and relate that to how long you have been using XPAP.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:29 pm

None of the choices fit my situation...

I keep track of the data displayed on the LCD every morning.

When those numbers get out of whack, like they are right now, I will download the data and have a more detailed look with ResScan to see what is going on.

There is no fixed schedule as to when things get out of whack.

TheDreamer · Post by **TheDreamer** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:44 pm

I think I've settled to looking on the weekend, but I will look at it during the week before a DME visit or if 'something' happened the night before.

The Dreamer.

plr66 · Post by **plr66** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:50 pm

I can't help myself. I'm obsessed. Even after 7 months of therapy.
I rarely have a night with AHI above my usual range of 0.6 - 1.6, and a leak line consistently at zero -- and it seems like it's been that way since my second month. But it remains motivating to me to read the numbers with my coffee every morning. That's just me. Probably will cut back on that. But come to think of it, I still read this forum every day and amazingly enough, never fail to continue to find more questions to ask and great answers to find here!

Bluebonnet_Gal · Post by **Bluebonnet_Gal** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:55 pm

I'm still in the "daily download" category. I started xPAP in Decmeber and I'm still trying to improve my results. When/if I can get to the point where my good days outnumber the not so good days, I will probably download less often. I'm a bit obsessed right now with trying to improve my numbers, thus hopefully improving the way I feel each day and reducing daytime sleepiness.

DyannaK · Post by **DyannaK** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:37 pm

I get the info off my LCD screen every morning and I download the detailed info every 3 days so I dont lose any of it. I still don't understand everything on the reports. But I keep trying.

danw61 · Post by **danw61** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:35 pm

I download twice a week any time I change anything (Mask, Machine settings, etc.) or if I'm having a problem. When everything is going fine & no changes then I download around every 2 weeks or so.

Statsfreak · Post by **Statsfreak** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:50 pm

Sleeprider wrote:Pretty easy question and perhaps a good poll. I recall when I started therapy.

I have been using APAP for about 10 months. In the beginning, I would download daily and follow the results closely. That changed to once a week, and now about once every two weeks which means I don't save all the detailed data.

I think the healthy way to look at data collection and analysis is to observe trends and changes, not fine details. New users can benefit from seeing a cause and effect for increased apneas or leaks, but once you've been doing this a while, it seems to be sort of routine. So, I'm curious about your experience, and relate that to how long you have been using XPAP.

Although I am data obsessed, I suspect I will eventually move closer to your position. Now I am still new to data (almost a week now with teh new machine) and hoping to improve my treatment with the new information. I agree though that once you are set up (sleeping reasonably through the night, no leaks, etc) you should probably just monitor for changes and aberrations and not follow the daily details.

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:28 pm

The data on my machine doesn't match the reports. It's close, but not exactly, plus I don't get the snore (and it's a little more than just a rounding issue). I usually reset the machine each night, though, so I can have at least some information when I come upon one of those "Respironic's M Series nights" where the detail data isn't on the card!! Invariably, those are the times when I suspect something odd has happened, and really want to find out about it.

Pam

SharkBait · Post by **SharkBait** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:58 am

plr66 wrote:I can't help myself. I'm obsessed. Even after 7 months of therapy.
I rarely have a night with AHI above my usual range of 0.6 - 1.6, and a leak line consistently at zero -- and it seems like it's been that way since my second month. But it remains motivating to me to read the numbers with my coffee every morning. That's just me. Probably will cut back on that. But come to think of it, I still read this forum every day and amazingly enough, never fail to continue to find more questions to ask and great answers to find here!

This is where I will be in 7 months...

It's just my morning routine. Get up, make coffee, download data.

KengEsq · Post by **KengEsq** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:31 am

Hi All,

I keep a handwritten log of my numbers daily from the LDC and transfer my handwritten numbers to a computer file about once every 10 days. I download my data once each month which means I only get details for the previous 5 days.

My handwritten log is as follows each day:

3/14/09
Leak = 0.10 L/s
AHI = 3.9
AI = 0.2
HI = 3.7
Use = 7.34 hrs
95th percentile pressure = 12.2 cm H2O
This works for me.

Sleeprider · Post by **Sleeprider** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:27 pm

Its interesting to me that nearly 50% of the members are downloading data daily. The EncorePro card I have retains about a week of detailed data and longer periods of compliance data. My numbers are far from perfect but the trend is very slow improvement in leaks, AHI and especially snores. Still, daily downloads would be a bit much for me.

Bassasasin · Post by **Bassasasin** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:47 pm

Gosh >> my provider repeatedly Waved off talking about the little SD chip thing and data logging..

Wonder what my ResMed AutoSet II will do.. and how do I mess with it.

EDIT Well SD chip ... none.. they took the auto machine away after 3 weeks.

Bass

danw61 · Post by **danw61** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:00 pm

Hey Bass, I like your avatar. Looks like something from a sci-fi movie.

travismcgee · Post by **travismcgee** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:01 pm

I not only download my nightly numbers every morning, I print out the results and write comments on the hard copy about what my night was like. I also transfer my hypopnea and apnea and total AHI readings into a spreadsheet and calculate an average of these numbers at the end of each month. Every 7 days I save a copy of this data to a designated Primo PDF file on my hard drive so I have data of every day of every month for the last year and a month or so I've been using CPAP. Am I obsessed with numbers I would have to say yes. However, I don't let the numbers dictate how I feel. I do look for trends and adjust things that I believe need adjusting. I have always enjoyed playing with numbers and I have to admit some of my favorite courses as an undergraduate and grad student were statistics.

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