Sleep Apnea in Asthmatic Children and Teenagers

Summary

Asthma and sleep apnea are both respiratory diseases and one can worsen the other. Those who suffer from asthma have a higher risk of sleep apnea and sleep apnea can make the asthma more difficult to control.

As girls usually have a more severe asthma than boys, the investigators believe that girls have a higher risk of sleep apnea.

To test if asthmatic girls have more sleep apnea than boys, the investigators are going to ask them questions regarding asthma and sleep symptoms (such as snore) and the investigators are going test the lung function and how many times they stop breathing during the sleep. The sleep test is going to be performed in children's home.

In children, having sleep apnea can make the asthmatic stay in the hospital 30% more when they have an asthma attack. We also are going to look if sleep apnea increases the number of hospitalizations and asthma attacks in the past 12 months.

Conditions

• Asthma, Bronchial
• Bronchial Asthma
• Apnea, Sleep
• Sleep Apnea, Mixed Central and Obstructive
• Sleep Hypopnea (Diagnosis)
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Questionnaire

Children and parents are going to inform data regarding socioeconomical status, asthma and rhinitis diagnosis, asthma and rhinitis control, medications, sleep complaints, and sleep habits

OTHER

Lung Function Test

Children are going to blow in a machine that measures how the lung is working

OTHER

Home Sleep Study

Children are going to sleep at home with a device that tells if they stop breathing during sleep

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa

  collaborator OTHER

• Federal University of São Paulo

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Gustavo A Moreira, MD · Federal University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

7 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-12-31

Primary Completion

2018-09-30

Completion

2018-09-30

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations