Long-Term Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Quality of Life in Children With Obesity
Author(s) -
Sherri L. Katz,
Joanna E. MacLean,
Nicholas Barrowman,
Lynda Hoey,
Linda Horwood,
Glenda N. Bendiak,
Valerie G. Kirk,
Stasia Hadjiyannakis,
Laurent Legault,
Bethany J. Foster,
Evelyn Constantin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.6998
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep disordered breathing , term (time) , obesity , quality of life (healthcare) , sleep (system call) , breathing , sleep quality , polysomnography , pediatrics , physical therapy , obstructive sleep apnea , psychiatry , insomnia , apnea , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
(1) To determine baseline quality of life (QOL) among children with obesity and newly diagnosed moderate-severe sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and to compare it to the reported QOL of children with obesity or SDB alone and healthy children. (2) To evaluate QOL change after 1 year.
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