Validation of sleep-related breathing disorder scale in Hong Kong Chinese snoring children

The purpose of this study is to validate the previously‐validated Taiwan Chinese version of Sleep‐Related Breathing Disorder scale (SRBD scale) in Hong Kong Chinese snoring children. SRBD scale is an instrument used for prediction of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. (OSA) The Chinese version of SRB...

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Published in:Pediatric pulmonology 2012-08, Vol.47 (8), p.795-800
Main Authors: Chan, Amy, Chan, Chung-Hong, Ng, Daniel K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes
Female
General aspects
Hong Kong
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
obstructive
Pneumology
Polysomnography
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
ROC Curve
Sensitivity and Specificity
sleep apnea
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis
snoring
Snoring - diagnosis
Snoring - etiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
test instrument
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to validate the previously‐validated Taiwan Chinese version of Sleep‐Related Breathing Disorder scale (SRBD scale) in Hong Kong Chinese snoring children. SRBD scale is an instrument used for prediction of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. (OSA) The Chinese version of SRBD scale were previously translated and validated in Taiwan. The same questionnaire were administered in a group of 102 snoring children (mean age: 10.7 and 65 boys) from a sleep laboratory in Hong Kong before their sleep studies. The SRBD scores were then validated against the results from sleep studies. By using the definition of apnea‐hypopnea index larger than 1.5 as OSA, 28 children (27.5%) had polysomnography‐confirmed OSA. The sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio of the previously validated cut‐off of SRBD score > 0.33 for OSA were 0.5, 0.55, 1.12, and 0.90, respectively. The area under ROC curve was only 0.58, indicates suboptimal performance of SRBD score in predicting OSA. In summary, our study concluded that the previously reported Chinese SRBD scale is not accurate in identifying presence of OSA in Hong Kong Chinese snoring children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2012. 47:795–800. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:8755-6863
1099-0496
DOI:10.1002/ppul.22505