Question:
When are sleep study results available?

I am scheduled for my sleep study in two days. It is an overnight procedure. I was referred to the sleep study by prescription from my PCP. Will I be given results at the end of the study and be told if I have sleep apnea, or will I have to wait until they are sent to my doctor? How long after your sleep study were you aware of the results? Thank you!    — Shayna T. (posted on January 5, 2004)

January 5, 2004
Where I had my sleep study done, you have an appointment set up with the sleep doctor the morning following the night of your study when you go over the study and he/she prescribes a CPAP if needed. The CPAP has made a major difference for me.
   — ssundlee

January 5, 2004
Locally they do them in one night one visit. If they come in and put a mask on you you know you have apnea. Then they try to find a suitable pressure setting. Good way to get no sleep:( Although a very important pre op test. You life literally depends on it.
   — bob-haller

January 5, 2004
When I had my sleep study, the results were sent to my doctor. I had to wait a month for my follow-up with my PCP for the results and when I went, I had to wait for him to call and get the results because they were so far behind, they didn't have the official results, but the prelim was enough for him to know that I had apnea. Then they set up a second study to fit me with the mask, etc.
   — Latrell B.

January 5, 2004
I had the initial results right away from the technicians that watch the monitors and me while I was sleeping. I actually had 2 sleep studies,but my physician had a criteria already built in that if I reached a certain level with my disrupted sleeping, then to start choosing which CPAP mask that would fit my face. Once the right mask was found, then I slept the rest of the study like a baby and have ever since as well! Good Luck!
   — butterflygirl