new YORK (Reuters Health) – young children
they snore much or suffer other night breathing problems
would have high risk of behavioral disorders and
emotional more forward, says a study.
The research, published in Pediatrics, is not the first
to associate with both disorders. “We didn’t invent this relationship,”
said the lead author, Karen Bonuck, school of
medicine Albert Einstein, New York.
But clarified that it is the largest study to
now, in which more than 13,000 children were followed up the
seven years old.
Said parents, 45 percent of those children
he had no night, while other breathing problems
developed any symptoms in children or children.
On 8 percent met the characteristics of what the
authors considered the group more seriously, with a peak of symptoms
breathing between two and three years, then, is
maintained.
The Bonuck team observed that children in some
time had a respiratory disorder sleeping were
more likely to suffer symptoms of behavioural problems or
emotional, such as attention-deficit disorder with
anxiety or hyperactivity (ADHD).
A 13.5 per cent had such symptoms at age seven,
compared to 8 per cent of the participants without
nocturnal respiratory disorders.
The highest risk was registered in the group with symptoms
breathing more serious. At age seven, almost 18 by
cent of such children were likely to disorders signs
emotional or behavioural.
The team could not ensure that all these children had a
disorder defined as ADHD, that Bonuck explained that the
results arise from questionnaires responded that the
parents and not a comprehensive medical evaluation. There is no certainty
respiratory problems have been be the cause
direct.
But Bonuck said that the team had several account
variables that influence this relationship, as the income and the
education of parents, ethnicity, birth weight and if the
mothers had smoked during pregnancy.
“Even after considering all these variables, the effect of the
“”
respiratory sleep disorder was the stronger”, said Bonuck.
For example, in the Group of children with problems more
serious, respiratory sleep disorder was associated with
72 percent more likely to develop behavioral symptoms
and emotional to the seven years of age, even after considering
other factors.
“This provides solid proof that the symptoms
“
(respiratory) we study could promote these symptoms
“
behavioral and emotional”, concluded the author, who recalled
also that “behavioral and emotional disorders are
“”
multifactor”.
Therefore advised that parents “do not panic” and that
to any concern, consult a pediatrician.
For doctor Sanjeev V. Kothare, acting medical director
Pediatric disorders of the sleep of the Hospital Center of
Children of Boston, “(the study) found that intuÃamos”.
Kothare, who did not participate in the study, agreed that the
parents should consult with your pediatrician if their children snore.
Recalled that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, by
its acronym in English) recommends that pediatricians control if
snore their patients and, if necessary, arising them to a
Centre specializing in the study of sleep.
Source: Pediatrics, online March 5th, 2012.
