Evaluation of Sleep Difficulties in Egyptian Children with Down Syndrome: A Case-Control Study.

Autor: Sayed-Ahmed MM; Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt., Taher MB; Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt., Zaytoun RAH; Otolaryngology Department, Phoniatric Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, El Haram Street, Giza, 12511 Egypt., Abdel Hady AF; Otorhinolaryngology Department, Phoniatric Unit, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India [Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg] 2024 Feb; Vol. 76 (1), pp. 97-102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 09.
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-04090-9
Abstrakt: Sleep is a major concern in Down syndrome children. Obstructive sleep apnea, delayed sleep onset, night-time and early awakenings have been reported contributing to the cognitive and behavioral outcomes. The aim is to evaluate sleep related difficulties in Down syndrome young children. A questionnaire of sleep related difficulties was translated and validated into Arabic language then was filled in by caregivers of 45 Down syndrome and 48 normal children. The questionnaire consisted of sections related to snoring, breathing difficulties, mouth breathing, upper respiratory tract infections, sleep position, restless sleep and frequent awakening, and daytime behavior. The results show highly significant differences between the total and subtotal questionnaire scores with higher scores in the control group. The questionnaire has a good reliability. Test-retest reliability of the questionnaire revealed a significant positive correlation in the total questionnaire and all the subitems except for the 7th subitem of the daytime behavior which showed no significant correlation. The questionnaire showed 100% sensitivity and 70.8% Specificity with at cut-off value of 8.5. The sleep related difficulties questionnaire has good psychometric properties and could detect significant sleep problems in Down syndrome children.
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-04090-9.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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