People who are being assessed for sleep apnea can usually sleep very well with the home sleep test although the monitoring equipment may feel uncomfortable or strange at first. Your doctor might recommend that you complete home sleep testing if there is some suspicion that you are suffering from obstructive sleep apnea. Your doctor might request that you refrain from napping on the day of the study. You may also be told to avoid caffeine after noon and avoid smoking at all. Patients are also recommended to take their medications and function as they would normally.
What is involved in home sleep testing?
Home sleep testing is basically a modified, portable version of the test conducted in a sleep lab. The test is fairly straightforward and involves only few steps. Please follow the instructions exactly as laid out in the instructional video.
The HST device will be shipped to your home (with included return shipping label). Our trained sleep technicians will download and analyze the data from the tests, then send the results to your sleep physician within 48 hours of receipt of the device back to our lab.
Click on the link below for the brand of HST you received to watch the short tutorial on how to use it to record your sleep