CPAP Support Materials HCP Survey

We are working on behalf of NHS England to create accessible information for people that use CPAP machines (information will be produced for people with a learning disability, autistic people, healthcare professionals, paid and unpaid carers).

We would like your help as a healthcare professional to understand the difficulties experienced by people with a learning disability and autistic people who are prescribed CPAP.
1.Can you please confirm if you currently work with patients prescribed CPAP who have a learning disability and/or autism:
2.Do you have materials which are accessible format for people who have a learning disability to help them understand why they need to use a CPAP machine?
3.Do you have materials accessible for people who are autistic to help them understand why they need to use a CPAP machine?
4.If you have literature/support materials in an accessible format, what types of literature do you provide?
5.If you have literature/support materials in an accessible format that you provide, do you find that people find some materials are more useful than others? Please rank the materials usefulness as reported to you by patients (1 most useful, 5 least useful):
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Leaflets or booklets
Demonstrations to the patient
Explaining to the patient
Videos
6.If we produce videos and offer signing, would your patients prefer:
7.What information would you find helpful to share with patients to help them to use their CPAP machine more?
8.Usually, people are advised to use their CPAP machine every night. On average, how regularly do you find these patient groups use their CPAP therapy?
9.What do you believe are the barriers to using CPAP devices for these patient groups? (tick all that apply)
10.Do you understand the implications for patients if they do not use their CPAP machine as prescribed?
11.If you answered yes to the above, what do you understand the implications to be?
12.What interventions or support have you found to be successful in supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to use their CPAP machine as prescribed?
13.What other support do you think would help these patient groups to use their CPAP device?
14.What type of mask do you typically prescribe for autistic people?
15.What concerns do autistic people report in relation to wearing their CPAP mask?
16.What type of mask do you typically prescribe for people with a learning disability?
17.What concerns do people with a learning disability report in relation to wearing their CPAP mask?
Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey.