Sleep quality in children: questionnaires available in Brazil

Abstract

IntroductionThe purpose of this paper was to evaluate and compare the questionnaires regarding sleep quality among children aged up to 12 years old, used in the Portuguese language in Brazil.Material and methodsA search at the literature databases of Lilacs, Scielo and Pubmed was performed using keywords “sleep quality” and “children”. Selected Articles were analysed for age of the studied population, the number of questions and the issues addressed thereby, who realized the application, the analysis of the results, and content.ResultsOut of 9377 titles, 11 studies were included, performing 7 different questionnaires: Questionnaire to measure quality of life among children with enlarged palatine and pharyngeal tonsils (translation of OSD-6) (1); Inventory of Sleep Habits for Preschool Children (2); the Questionnaire on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea-18 (OSA-18) (3), Sleep Questionnaire by Reimão and Lefévre - QRL (4); the Questionnaire on Sleep Behaviour Patterns (5) and the translation of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (6); Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire - BISQ (7) . Six of the questionnaires have covered the following issues: snoring and daytime sleepiness.ConclusionsA total of 7 protocols were found to be available in Brazil, the most commonly mentioned being OSA-18 and OSD-6. The use of protocols as a guided interview helps to define diagnosis and treatment among the paediatric population, but its large variability makes it difficult to compare a standardised monitoring process.

Long‐term results of sleep‐related quality‐of‐life and behavioral problems after adenotonsillectomy

“…The KOSA‐18 is the Korean version of the OSA‐18, a questionnaire developed by Franco et al consisting of five categories with 18 questions, to evaluate the QOL of pediatric patients with OSA. It has been translated into many languages and is used worldwide . Several studies have been conducted to evaluate the behavioral problems associated with pediatric OSA; varied but uneven indices, such as the K‐SADS‐PL, T‐DSM‐IV‐S, Conners Rating Scale, and Child Behavior Checklist, have been used.…”

“…It has been translated into many languages and is used worldwide. 9,26,27 Several studies have been conducted to evaluate the behavioral problems associated with pediatric OSA; varied but uneven indices, such as the K-SADS-PL, T-DSM-IV-S, Conners Rating Scale, and Child Behavior Checklist, have been used. In the present study, we used the ADHD-RS related to DSM-IV, which is used worldwide to diagnose ADHD by providing delicate and valid indices to evaluate behavioral problems before and after adenotonsillectomy.…”

O impacto da qualidade do sono na memória em escolares

“…Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ-PT) no português do Brasil, que apresenta o enfoque dos hábitos do sono 11,12 . Sendo assim, este estudo teve como objetivo relacionar as principais queixas de memória com os aspectos subjetivos do sono em crianças e o impacto da qualidade do sono na memória.…”

Correlação de fatores dento-craniofaciais, questionário de sono SDSC e polissonografia de crianças com distúrbios respiratórios do sono

“…Em 2009, o questionário foi validado para o português do Brasil por Ferreira et al (2009). Segundo Cavalheiro et al (2017), apesar da importância destes instrumentos, a variabilidade de diferentes aplicações e interpretações acaba dificultando a padronização para estabelecer a prevalência, o diagnóstico e o acompanhamento dos DRS na população pediátrica. Há um número restrito de escalas para a investigação de distúrbios do sono em crianças brasileiras com idade entre 2 e 12 anos, mas o SDSC foi citado pelos autores como um dos mais utilizados.…”

“…O questionário SDSC foi desenvolvido para crianças e adolescentes e resultados anteriores demonstraram que esta escala possuía substancial capacidade de rastrear os principais DRS (Bruni et al, 1996;Ferreira et al, 2009). Em um estudo recente, Cavalheiro et al (2017) afirmaram que o SDSC era o questionário mais abrangente, em língua portuguesa do Brasil, capaz de avaliar a qualidade do sono em crianças.…”