Effects of positive airway pressure therapy on neurobehavioral outcomes in children with obstructive sleep apnea.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Positive airway pressure therapy is frequently used to treat obstructive sleep apnea in children. However, it is not known whether positive airway pressure therapy results in improvements in the neurobehavioral abnormalities associated with childhood sleep apnea.

Objectives

We hypothesized that positive airway pressure therapy would be associated with improvements in attention, sleepiness, behavior, and quality of life, and that changes would be associated with therapy adherence.

Methods

Neurobehavioral assessments were performed at baseline and after 3 months of positive airway pressure therapy in a heterogeneous group of 52 children and adolescents.

Measurements and main results

Adherence varied widely (mean use, 170 ± 145 [SD] minutes per night). P

SUBMITTER: Marcus CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3359938 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature