Getting a good night's sleep is essential for feeling your best, but it can be tricky to know if you're really getting the rest you need. That's why tracking your sleep is so important. It helps you understand your sleep quality and catch any issues early. And if you’re using CPAP therapy for sleep apnea, tracking your progress is key to making sure your treatment is working effectively.
That's where the ResMed myAir app comes in. If you own a ResMed AirSense 10, AirCurve 10 or AirSense 11, you can download the myAir app to track your progress, stay motivated, and make personalized adjustments along the way.
What is the myAir app?
RedMed’s myAir app is a progress-tracking app for CPAP users that provides:
- A Comprehensive Guide on how to set up your equipment
- Tailored Coaching on how to achieve a good night’s sleep
- A Daily Scoring System to help you track your CPAP therapy.
Learning how to read your myAir score is key to your success with CPAP therapy.
How To Read Your myAir Score?
Reading your myAir score (and, most importantly, understanding it!) is easy in the myAir app.
Once you download the ResMed myAir app on either GooglePlay (Android) or the App Store (Apple), you'll create an account with your CPAP machine information. Once you connect your device to the app with the device serial number and device number, it will automatically sync and track your sleep data once you start therapy.
What is a myAir score?
The myAir score is a number calculated on a scale of 0 to 100 that tells you how well you slept.
You'll see your myAir score in the app dashboard.
The myAir app provides a report every morning, alerting you whether you had a good night’s sleep or not. The closer your score is to 100, the better your overall therapy is progressing.
The number score is based on 4 factors:
- How long you used CPAP last night
- Mask seal
- Apneic events per hour
- Other mask events (ie, you pulled it off at one point)
What is considered a good score on the myAir app?
A score of 70 or above on the ResMed myAir app is considered good, and a score of 100 is considered perfect.
myAir Score is Based on The Following Factors:
Usage Hours
Of the 100 points, 70 points are allocated to usage hours alone. The points are calculated based on how many hours and minutes you had the CPAP machine on.
For example:
if you were receiving CPAP air for 1 hour, you would get 10 points. If you were receiving the concentrated air for 3 hours and 18 minutes or 3.3 hours, you get 33 points.
So, if you take therapy for 7 hours, you get a total of 70 points.
Events Per Hour
The maximum points allocated for Events Per Hour is 10. As the name suggests, it is a scoring system of the number of unfavorable events that happen while you are sleeping with CPAP air. Mainly, it is about your breathing pattern.
The system calculates how many times your breathing gets irregular or stops altogether in an hour. It is also called the apnea-hypopnea index or AHI.
The lower the number of breathing malfunctions you have throughout the night, the higher your myAir score.
Mask Seal
Again, the maximum points number is 10. The points under this let you know if your mask is the right fit for you. In addition, it calculates the amount of time the air leaks out of your mask.
If your mask leak rate is low, you can score 10 out of 10, which means your mask fitting is good. If you score about 4 to 5, this means there were air leaks throughout the night, and you may need to adjust your mask.
If you get a score of 0, that means a high amount of CPAP air never gets the chance to enter your body. Therefore, it is imperative that you change your mask immediately. In this case, a CPAP expert at Sleeplay can guide you in finding the right mask for you.
A person using a nasal mask could have air leaking through their mouth. In that case, you might want to read up on how to manage mouth leaks.
Mask on/off
If you take your mask off frequently throughout the night, your score will be closer to 0. However, if you keep the mask on throughout the night and have an eventless sleep, the score will be closer to 10.
Finding the right type of mask for you is the best way to avoid removing your mask during the night. Also, if you wake up in the middle of the night constantly to go to the bathroom, CPAP therapy will eventually reduce these nighttime bathroom visits since they may be a result of sleep apnea.
This condition is called nocturia, and the need to urinate at night is a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Final Thoughts
If you get a full night of sleep without any issues, your therapy is going well beyond expected. A 100 score on myAir would mean you are doing great with your CPAP therapy.
Alongside all the things mentioned in the article, myAir will also give you personalized coaching and advice on how to make therapy more bearable.
When you reach certain therapy milestones, you will receive praise messages. Messages of encouragement will be sent to encourage you to keep up the good work as well.
The ultimate goal of the myAir app is to make your therapy as easy going as possible.
Medically reviewed: Gabriela Alvarado
Medical Doctor from the Central University of Venezuela. She holds certifications in Public Health Practice from institutions such as Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Imperial College London (UK).
