what does weekly and monthly average mean?

[elena88]

HI,
What does weekly average mean, on my machine it says its 2.3
monthly says its 2.5

Does it mean I average 2.3 AHI a week? That is just hard to believe.
My autopap is set from 5 thru 20



At least a third of the time I am not sleeping when I have the machine on.



thanks.

[Janknitz]

I believe (and I could be wrong) that the AHI is events per hour, and the 7 day and 30 day averages are average events per hour in the past 7 days and the past 30 days.

[Wulfman]

HI,
What does weekly average mean, on my machine it says its 2.3
monthly says its 2.5

Does it mean I average 2.3 AHI a week? That is just hard to believe.
My autopap is set from 5 thru 20



At least a third of the time I am not sleeping when I have the machine on.



thanks.

As was stated, those are your per-night averages for 7 nights and 30 nights.

Why are you only sleeping 1/3 of the time when you have your machine on? If it's because the pressure changes are waking you up, you need to set your machine in CPAP mode to a fixed pressure.

You also need to get the software to monitor your data.

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/respir ... eader.html


Den

[elena88]

thanks you two!

so they are my per night averages? my goodness, those are very good arent they?

(got the software, just didnt want to try it till I bought the machine next week)
thanks!


A third of the time, I am trying to get to sleep with it on, thanks for the cpap mode tip!

[msudawg]

They are per hour averages for the last 7 and 30 days.

[brain_cloud]

But do they just average the daily AHI's (so it's an average of averages), or do they count all the events for the time period and divide by hours used? If the former, than a 4-hour night counts as much as a 9-hour night.

[blakepro]

But do they just average the daily AHI's (so it's an average of averages), or do they count all the events for the time period and divide by hours used? If the former, than a 4-hour night counts as much as a 9-hour night.

This is a very good point. That could skew the numbers quite a bit. I'm not sure anyone knows the answer to this.

[Wulfman]

They are per hour averages for the last 7 and 30 days.

Correct! I just re-read my post and discovered I worded it wrong. They're per-hour averages for those 7 and 30 night periods.

My bad.


Den

[elena88]

aha! thank you!

Okay, so that is 2.3 per hour average for the week..

cuz 2.3 per week would be nothing

Well, that is still very good isnt it?

[Wulfman]

aha! thank you!

Okay, so that is 2.3 per hour average for the week..

cuz 2.3 per week would be nothing

Well, that is still very good isnt it?

Yep!


Den

[DoriC]

Here's my thought. If your titrated pressure was 10 then you could set that as your cpap pressure. If you decide to use auto then you should have a narrower range, maybe 8-12cms. You'll have a much better idea once you get the software.

[elena88]

thanks, I think that is a fine idea..

I can try cpap at ten, or a shorter range near ten..

Im going to have the charts on monday, and monday night I will be using the software I think!

thank you!