Parent-QoL and Sleep Disordered Breathing

Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sleep Apnea Syndromes

Treatments

Procedure: adenotonsillectomy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04501848

NHR009417

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this prospective case-control study the investigators will enrolled parents of 45 children younger than five years of age who were planned to undergo adenotonsillectomy due to an obstructive airway indication in an academic medical center. A group of parents to healthy children will comprise the control group.

Full description

Parents of children with any chronic illness may experience increased anxiety and reduced health-related quality of life (QoL).

In this study, the investigators will analyze QoL parameters among parents of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (OSDB) children before and after surgical treatment.

In this prospective case-control study the investigators will enrolled parents of 45 children younger than five years of age who are planned to undergo adenotonsillectomy due to an obstructive airway indication in an academic medical center. A group of parents to healthy children will comprisedthe control group.

The investigators will translate and validate the PAR-ENT-QoL questionnaire through forward-backward translation method.

Main outcome measure: The questionnaire was tested for reliability, consistency, reproducibility, responsiveness, and for its clinical use.

Enrollment

45 patients

Sex

All

Ages

1 to 5 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Parents of children younger than five years old who suffered from OSDB and underwent tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy with or without adenoidectomy

Exclusion criteria

We excluded parents of children who required immediate surgery or had any other chronic diseases (such as ADHD, asthma, allergic rhinitis or severe medical or mental impairments).