ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2022
Increased behavioral problems in children with sleep-disordered breathing.
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- Sleep disordered breathing and neurobehavioral deficits in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
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- Clinical significance of serum interleukin-4, interleukin-12, interleukin-13, and transforming growth factor-β levels in children with sleep-disordered breathing.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
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- Altered Cortical Information Interaction During Respiratory Events in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome.Neuroscience bulletin · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: insights from a large study on adolescents in southern California.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
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- Sleep-Disordered Breathing in an Infant With Achondroplasia and Foramen Magnum Stenosis.Cureus · 2024Article
- Exploring the Multifaceted Landscape of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights into Prevalence, Severity, and Coexisting Conditions.Nature and science of sleep · 2024Article
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- Mental Health and Cognitive Development in Symptomatic Children and Adolescents Scoring High on Habitual Snoring: Role of Obesity and Allergy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Its Association with Nocturnal Enuresis at the Primary Schools in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Health disparities in the detection and prevalence of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
- Relationship between serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cognitive impairment in children with sleep-disordered breathing.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealthy sleep is essential for the cognitive, behavioral and emotional development of children. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the behavioral consequences of sleep disturbances by examining children with sleep-disordered breathing compared with control participants.
methodsSeventy-eight children with SDB (average age: 6.7 years (SD = 1.83); 61 had OSA and 17 had primary snoring) and 156 control subjects (average age: 6.57 years (SD = 1.46) participated in the study. We matched the groups in age (t(232) = 0.578, p = 0.564) and gender (χ
resultsOur results showed that children with SDB exhibited a higher level of inattentiveness and hyperactive behavior. Furthermore, the SDB group demonstrated more internalizing (anxiety, depression, somatic complaints, social problems) (p < 0.001) and externalizing (aggressive and rule-breaking behavior) problems compared with children without SDB, irrespective of severity.
conclusionsBased on our findings we supposed that snoring and mild OSA had a risk for developing behavioral and emotional dysfunctions as much as moderate-severe OSA. Therefore, clinical research and practice need to focus more on the accurate assessment and treatment of sleep disturbances in childhood, particularly primary snoring, and mild obstructive sleep apnea.
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