Prevalence of Snoring and Symptoms of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Primary School Children in Istanbul

Ersu, Refika; Arman, Ayşe Rodopman; Save, Dilşad; Karadağ, Bülent; Karakoç, Fazilet; Berkem, Meral; Dağlı, Elif

doi:10.1378/chest.126.1.19

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“…There are reports about double-rate occurrence of hyperactivity in children suffering habitual snoring [41]. In our survey we found similar results.…”

Section: Association Between Parasomnia and Behavioral Disordersupporting

confidence: 88%

Sleep problems, strengths and difficulties in elementary school children

Driouch¹,

Alfer²,

Fricke-Oerkermann³

et al. 2013

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Aim: To assess behavioral and sleep disturbances in childhood, it is necessary to implement standardized brief questionnaires for children and their parents. Especially complaints of insomnia often are underdiagnosed in pediatric medicine. Methods: We developed a sleep questionnaire (KöSI-KJ) and used it together with German versions of the SDQ (parent and child reports) for epidemiologic studies in Cologne. The sleep questionnaire obtains 33 items for parents and 28 items for children. Ratings were dichotomized for this analysis in "sometimes/ often present" versus "not present". The German versions of SDQ contain 5 subscales each with 5 items. Data from a sample of 1490 children of fourth grade in elementary schools in Cologne (age ranged from 8 to 11 years) are shown. Results: Children indicate signs of sleep disturbances in higher frequency than their parents do. Concerning gender and ethnical group, there no significant differences can be shown. Children with signs of insomnia, dyssomnia, daytime sleepiness or restless sleep showed significantly higher scores for all relevant SDQ subscales in parental and childrens' reports. Children with signs of parasomnia showed higher scores concerning emotional problems and the SDQ total score. Children with enuresis showed higher scores for all SDQ subscales and the total score.

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“…There are reports about double-rate occurrence of hyperactivity in children suffering habitual snoring [41]. In our survey we found similar results.…”

Section: Association Between Parasomnia and Behavioral Disordersupporting

confidence: 88%

Sleep problems, strengths and difficulties in elementary school children

Driouch¹,

Alfer²,

Fricke-Oerkermann³

et al. 2013

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“…This result is in accordance with the literature, which indicates snoring as the most important clinical predictor of a diagnosis of OSAHS in children, with good sensitivity (91%) and reasonable specificity (75%). (19)(20)(21) Nasal obstruction and restless legs during sleep were other symptoms that presented a high prevalence in our study, although not correlating significantly with OSAHS in other studies. (19) Daytime sleepiness, a symptom frequently observed in adults with OSAHS, is not one of the principal symptoms in children, (22) being present in only 29% of the cases in our sample.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 51%

Sintomas da síndrome de apnéia-hipopnéia obstrutiva do sono em crianças

Gregório¹,

Athanazio

Bitencourt

et al. 2008

J. bras. pneumol.

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OBJETIVOS: Investigar os sintomas mais freqüentes encontrados em crianças com diagnóstico polissonográfico de síndrome da apnéia-hipopnéia obstrutiva do sono (SAHOS). MÉTODOS: Foram avaliadas 38 crianças consecutivamente encaminhadas ao laboratório do sono com suspeita de SAHOS no período de junho de 2003 a dezembro de 2004. Os pacientes foram submetidos a um questionário pré-sono e a polissonografia. RESULTADOS: A idade média foi de 7,8 ± 4 anos (variação, 2-15 anos), sendo 50% das crianças do sexo masculino. Não apnéicos corresponderam a 7,9% dos pesquisados, distúrbio leve obstrutivo do sono ocorreu em 42,1%, moderado em 28,9% e severo em 22,1%. Observou-se maior freqüência de casos severos de apnéia entre crianças menores de seis anos (idade pré-escolar). Dentre as crianças com SAHOS, os sintomas mais citados foram ronco e obstrução nasal, presentes em 74,3 e 72,7% das crianças, respectivamente. Sonolência excessiva e bruxismo ocorreram em, respectivamente, 29,4 e 34,3% dos casos e doença do refluxo em apenas 3,1%. Agitação das pernas e dificuldade para iniciar o sono foram encontradas em, respectivamente, 65 e 33% dos avaliados. Todas as crianças que apresentaram SAHOS de grau severo tinham queixa de ronco e bruxismo. CONCLUSÕES: Nossos resultados mostraram que os sintomas mais freqüentes em crianças e adolescentes com SAHOS são ronco e obstrução nasal. Além disso, quadros mais graves da SAHOS estão associados à menor faixa etária.

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“…Strikingly, 12 (63.2%) of the 19 habitual snorers in our study group had EDS. Habitual snorers have symptoms such as falling asleep while watching television or in public places in both genders (34). Shin et al have also showed that habitual snoring correlates with an increasing degree of daytime sleepiness (7).…”

Section: Daytime Sleepinessmentioning

confidence: 99%