The Sleep Revolution project – shaking up the future of sleep medicine

Funded by a 15 million-euro grant from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme for health demographic change and wellbeing, the Sleep Revolution project is an ambitious one that aims to shake up current diagnostic methods for sleep-disordered breathing (SBD). In this episode of OnAir, we talk to the head of the project, Professor Erna Sif Arnardóttir. She tells us how she believes strong collaboration between the project’s partners convinced the EU that the Sleep Revolution project could make real change, including: Bringing advanced sleep diagnostics from the hospital into patient’s homes Encouraging patients to participate in their own care with the help of technical solutions Developing different personalised treatment options for patients with SDB Creating a new European Sleep Questionnaire to help capture the whole sleep profile of a person for clinical and research purposes Prof. Arnardóttir also shares her thoughts on topics such as the importance of multi-night diagnostics, whether AHI is sufficient as parameter to classify the severity of OSA, and how digital tools – such as apps and wearables – and cooperation between different entities could transform the future of sleep medicine. Guest: Prof. Erna Sif Arnardóttir - Director of the Reykjavik University Sleep Institute; Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering and Department of Computer Science at Reykjavik University, Iceland Host: Nina Wiklund is ResMed’s Global Medical Marketing Content Lead, and has a burning enthusiasm for clinical research. She is especially interested in the additional insights and possibilities real-world evidence can add to existing RCTs.  References and useful links: https://sleeprevolution.eu/en The podcast OnAir, with Clinical Respiratory News (CRN) is a medical education non-promotional for healthcare professionals organised by ResMed. Learn more at https://webinars.resmed.eu/podcasts-list/. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. Disclaimer: This programme is non promotional and is sponsored by ResMed. The speakers are being compensated and/or receiving an honorarium from ResMed in connection with this programme. The content contained in this programme was jointly developed by the speakers and ResMed, and is not eligible for continuing medical education (CME) credits. Listen to OnAir with Clinical Respiratory News, the podcast that brings you fresh insights and thought-provoking discussions about hot topics in sleep and breathing health. © ResMed