TY - JOUR T1 - <span hwp:id="article-title-1" class="article-title">A very low calorie diet plus lifestyle counselling improved mild obstructive sleep apnoea in overweight patients</span><span hwp:id="article-title-2" class="sub-article-title">Commentary</span> JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 111 LP - 111 DO - 10.1136/ebn.12.4.111 VL - 12 IS - 4 AU - Diana E McMillan Y1 - 2009/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/12/4/111.abstract N2 - Does a very low calorie diet (VLCD) plus intensive lifestyle counselling improve mild obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in overweight patients? Design: randomised controlled trial (RCT). Allocation: unclear allocation concealment. Blinding: blinded (outcome assessors). Follow-up period: 1 year. Setting: Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland. Patients: 81 patients 18–65 years of age (mean age 51 y, 65% men) who had a body mass index of 28–40 kg/m2 and an apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) of 5–15 events/hour. Exclusion criteria were active treatment for OSA, pregnancy, and chronic kidney, thyroid, or liver disease. Intervention: a VLCD (600–800 kcal/d) for 12 weeks plus intensive lifestyle counselling for 1 year (n = 40) or general oral and written … ER -