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Mental Health and Cognitive Development in Symptomatic Children and Adolescents Scoring High on Habitual Snoring: Role of Obesity and Allergy.
- Source :
- Children; Jul2023, Vol. 10 Issue 7, p1183, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Obstructive sleep apnea can have a negative impact on children's and adolescents' neurocognitive abilities and hinder their academic and adaptive progress in academic, social, and/or behavioral dimensions. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we investigated the influence of body weight conditions and allergy status on long-term mental health, cognitive development, and quality of life in children and adolescents who snored. Methods: The study sample included 47 subjects (age range 4.1 to 15.3 years) who exhibited high levels of snoring and underwent home-based polysomnography between 2015 and 2019. Follow-up assessments (3 years on average between baseline and follow-up) entailed phone interviews with the subject's parents/caregivers who completed three validated questionnaires investigating sleep, quality of life, and parental ratings. Results: We found a correlation between age at diagnosis and being retrospectively overweight and high levels of snoring. In addition to a higher risk of developing emotional symptoms (8.2% increase in retrospective overweight status for each unit increase in the emotional score at follow-up) and oppositional behavior (9% increase in retrospective overweight status for each unit of oppositional T points at follow-up), we also noted reduced long-term social symptoms (11% decrease in retrospective overweight status for each unit increase in the social score at follow-up) and cognitive symptoms (10.6% decrease in retrospective overweight status for each unit increase in the cognitive score at follow-up), as well as a 6.1% increase in retrospective allergy status for each unit increase in academic performance at follow-up. Conclusions: Snoring can have negative impacts on mental health and cognitive development in the long term. Early detection and intervention for neuropsychological disorders is important in children and adolescents who score high on snoring. In the long term, the effects of snoring on neuropsychological disorders may vary based on previous body weight and allergy status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COGNITION disorder risk factors
CHILD development deviations -- Risk factors
RESEARCH
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
ACADEMIC medical centers
PSYCHOLOGY of parents
CONFIDENCE intervals
CHILDHOOD obesity
CROSS-sectional method
AGE distribution
ANTHROPOMETRY
RETROSPECTIVE studies
POLYSOMNOGRAPHY
INTERVIEWING
MANN Whitney U Test
FISHER exact test
RISK assessment
PRE-tests & post-tests
SLEEP
COMPARATIVE studies
ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder
CHILD psychopathology
QUALITY of life
PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers
QUESTIONNAIRES
AFFECTIVE disorders
SLEEP apnea syndromes
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ALLERGIES
STATISTICAL correlation
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis software
SNORING
LONGITUDINAL method
DISEASE complications
CHILDREN
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Children
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 168588986
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children10071183