The Prevalence Of Habitual Snoring In Aegean Region Of Turkey And Associated Risk Factors

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the pediatric sleep questionnaire: a tool for prediction of sleep related breathing disorder

“…The prevalence of habitual snoring has been reported to be in the range of 4-5% in our region and previous research has reported a prevalence of about 2% for OSA (2)(3)(4). Most common etiology of SRBD during childhood is adenotonsillar hypertrophy and allergic rhinitis but a pathology in neuromuscular tone has also been accused in etiology (5,6).…”

“…Sleep disordered breathing disorders that constitute a wide spectrum of symptoms ranging from habitual snoring to OSA have prevalences reported as low as 2% for OSA and as high as 27.6% for habitual snoring (1)(2)(3)(4)12). SRBD is clinically and epidemiologically important because it influences not only growth but is also associated with deterioration in quality of life and neurocognitive deficits as well as emotional immaturiy in children and treatment of SRBD with adenotonsillectomy was shown to improve quality of life and behavior of children with OSA (13)(14)(15)(16)(17).…”

Evaluation of Sleep Quality in Asthmatic Children with the Paediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ)

“…The incidence of SRBD, encompassing a broad spectrum of symptoms spanning from snoring to OSA, has been documented as low as 2% for OSA and as elevated as 27.6% for snoring [ 6 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. SRBD holds clinical and epidemiological significance due to its impact not only on physical growth but also on emotional development, quality of life, and neurocognitive functions in children [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ].…”