Diagnostic accuracy of the Spanish version of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire for screening of obstructive sleep apnea in habitually snoring children

Development and validation of the Sleep Disturbances Scale for School-age Children

“…Likewise, reliability of the scale had an alpha of 0.91, considered as a good measure of internal consistency, 41 and was above the alpha value 28. No podías dormir a pesar de tener el espacio adecuado para hacerlo previously reported for the PSQ, 35 CSHQ-SP, 36 SSR, 32 and PDSS. 26 On the other hand, from the nine factors proposed for the theorist design of the scale, only six reached the statistical stablished criteria.…”

“…33 On the other hand, as far as we know, there are not any available children sleep disturbances questionnaires or scales originally validated in the Mexican Spanish-speaking population. Existing instruments in Spanish are adapted versions of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ), 34,35 Sleep Self report (SSR) 32 and the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-SP). 36 The high worldwide prevalence of sleep disturbances, their impact on school-age children, 28,[37][38][39], and the lack of valid scales for the Mexican children, justifies the need to design tools for sleep disturbances detection in this population.…”

Home sleep testing for the diagnosis of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

“…As such, the overall consensus from such studies would indicate that relatively short questionnaire-based instruments provide good screening tools for either nonreferral or clinical cohorts, but that they cannot be used for definitive diagnosis of OSA based on receiver operator curve properties showing area under the curve 0.7 -0.8 [10][11][12][13][14]. Interestingly, however, some investigators have reported more favorable results using questionnaires, potentially because the current awareness among primary care physicians is not yet sufficiently high to induce referral of milder cases [15].…”

Association between sleep-related breathing disorders and academic performance among children from Concepción, Chile

“…One of these indirect methods is the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ), developed by Chervin et al 5 The PSQ has been validated into Spanish by Vila et al, 6 and used in Chile as is, without a crosscultural adaptation, although it offers a sensitivity of 0.714, a specificity of 0.521, a positive predictive value of 0.521, and a negative predictive value of 0.714. 7 SRBD has been related to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in the pediatric population. 8,9 In addition, there is evidence of an association between SRBD symptoms and neurocognitive disorders, which suggests that SRBD may be a potential cause of low academic performance in the student population.…”