Comprehensive management of obstructive sleep apnea by telemedicine: Clinical improvement and cost-effectiveness of a Virtual Sleep Unit. A randomized controlled trial

• Vera M. Lugo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Onintza Garmendia,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain

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• Monique Suarez-Girón,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain

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• Marta Torres,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain, Biophysics and Bioengineering Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

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• Francisco J. Vázquez-Polo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Quantitative Methods Department and TiDES Institute, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0632-6138

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• Miguel A. Negrín,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Quantitative Methods Department and TiDES Institute, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

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• Anabel Moraleda,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Mariana Roman,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Marta Puig,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Concepcion Ruiz,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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• Carlos Egea,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain, Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Alava University Hospital, Vitoria, Spain

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• Juan F. Masa,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain, Respiratory Unit, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, Cáceres, Spain, Instituto Universitario de investigación Biosanitaria de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Ramon Farré,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain, Biophysics and Bioengineering Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

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• Josep M. Montserrat

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmmontserrat@ub.edu

  Affiliations Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) Enfermedades Respiratorias, Madrid, Spain, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-4605

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