在沙特阿拉伯塔布克市肥胖儿童中阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停
Laila AlBishi1, Lulwah S Alkhuraisi1, Mohammed M Alqahtani1
1Pediatrics, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, SAU.
Cureus
|May 23, 2024
概括
肥胖与儿童阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 严重程度密切相关. 解决儿童肥胖症对于管理OSA和改善整体健康结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 肥胖问题研究研究
背景情况:
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 是儿童常见的疾病,通常因肥胖而恶化.
- 与肥胖相关的疾病可能会导致严重的健康问题,并降低儿科患者的生活质量.
- 了解肥胖和OSA之间的联系对于有效的管理和预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查5-14岁儿童肥胖和阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 之间的相关性.
- 为了确定与沙特阿拉伯塔布克肥胖儿童的OSA严重程度相关的因素.
- 为儿童OSA管理提供有针对性的干预提供证据.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及517名5-14岁儿童的横截面研究在沙特阿拉伯塔布克.
- 通过在线家长问卷收集关于社会人口统计,病史和OSA症状的数据.
- 使用SPSS进行统计分析,包括描述和推断统计来评估相关性.
主要成果:
- 肥胖是普遍存在的 (30.6%),在OSA得分和BMI类别之间存在显著的相关性 (p < 0.001).
- 打 (36.9%),白天疲劳 (37.7%) 和对日常活动的影响 (15.3%) 是常见的OSA症状.
- 在体重和OSA得分之间发现了强烈的正相关性 (ρ = 0.531,p < 0.001);家族病史和某些疾病也与之有显著的相关性.
结论:
- 肥胖是与儿童阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停严重程度相关的重要因素.
- 较高的BMI,家族有OSA病史,以及糖尿病和高血压等疾病与OSA得分增加有关.
- 体重是导致OSA严重程度的一个主要因素,强调了儿童OSA肥胖管理的重要性.
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