针对有睡眠呼吸障碍症状儿童的医疗服务提供者联系情况：一项人群调查。
Healthcare provider contact for children with symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing: a population survey.
作者信息
Gudnadottir G, Ehnhage A, Bende M, Andersson M, Cervin A, Cardell L O, Hellgren J
机构信息
Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Institution for Clinical Sciences,Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University,Sahlgrenska University Hospital,Gothenburg,Sweden.
Department of Clinical Sciences,Intervention and Technology,Division Otorhinolaryngology,Karolinska Institutet,Sweden.
出版信息
J Laryngol Otol. 2016 Mar;130(3):296-301. doi: 10.1017/S0022215115003370. Epub 2015 Dec 17.
BACKGROUND
Symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing in children, such as frequent snoring, apnoea and choking, may lead to health problems if untreated. The caregiver's level of awareness of these symptoms has been poorly studied. This study aimed to study healthcare provider contact related to sleep-disordered breathing symptoms in a population of children aged 0-11 years.
METHODS
A total of 1320 children were randomly selected from a national database that included all children living in Sweden. Caregivers answered a questionnaire about sleep-disordered breathing symptoms during the last month and healthcare provider contact related to these symptoms.
RESULTS
A total of 754 answers were received. The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing symptoms was 4.8 per cent. Of this subgroup, 69 per cent had not been in contact with a healthcare provider regarding their symptoms.
CONCLUSION
This study shows that sleep-disordered breathing in children is underestimated and that there is a need to increase caregiver and healthcare provider awareness of sleep-disordered breathing in children.
背景
儿童睡眠呼吸障碍的症状，如频繁打鼾、呼吸暂停和窒息，如果不治疗可能会导致健康问题。对这些症状，照顾者的认知水平研究较少。本研究旨在调查0至11岁儿童群体中与睡眠呼吸障碍症状相关的医疗服务提供者接触情况。
方法
从包含所有居住在瑞典儿童的国家数据库中随机选取1320名儿童。照顾者回答一份关于上个月睡眠呼吸障碍症状以及与这些症状相关的医疗服务提供者接触情况的问卷。
结果
共收到754份回答。睡眠呼吸障碍症状的患病率为4.8%。在这个亚组中，69%的人未就其症状与医疗服务提供者接触过。
结论
本研究表明，儿童睡眠呼吸障碍被低估，需要提高照顾者和医疗服务提供者对儿童睡眠呼吸障碍的认识。
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