ArticleSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2024
Is the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire sensitive for sleep-disordered breathing in children with complex chronic disease?
Article in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07077226 (Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Cerebral Palsy at Increased Risk of Respiratory Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children With Cerebral Palsy at Increased Risk of Respiratory Disorders
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sleep-disordered breathing in children with neurodisabilities.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children with Cerebral Palsy Compared to Non-Neurological Controls: A Prospective Study from a Tertiary Center in Jordan.Neurology international · 2026Article
- Characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea in children with cerebral palsy: a comparative study with healthy children.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Management of sleep-disordered breathing in achondroplasia: guiding principles of the European Achondroplasia Forum.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- 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
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children with cerebral palsy in Brazil: a multicenter study.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
purposeSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a disease defined by breathing or breathing irregularities while asleep. The current study examines the association between results of polysomnography (PSG) and the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ), and the specificity and sensitivity of the PSQ for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with chronic illnesses.
methodsDemographic and clinical attributes, in addition to PSQ and PSG outcomes were examined retrospectively among patients who underwent polysomnography (PSG) at our facility between 2012 and 2021.
resultsOf 745 patients included in the study, 462 (62%) were male. The median age was 81 months (34-151 months). 117 of the patients (15/8%) had chronic lung disease, and 80 (10.7%) had cerebral palsy. The most common indications for PSG were symptoms of OSA (n = 426; 57.1%). According to obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), 361 patients (48.5%) had normal PSG. The median PSQ score was 0.40 (0.22-0.57). The sensitivity and specificity of the PSQ were 71.8% and 40.4%, respectively, for individuals aged 2 to 18 years. Among the disease subgroups, the cerebral palsy group had the highest sensitivity of PSQ (88.8%) for diagnosis of OSA.
conclusionQuestionnaires for evaluating SDB are not sensitive or specific for identification of OSA in children with chronic conditions, and PSG remains the best method.
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