Caregiver perception of sleep-disordered breathing-associated symptoms in children of rural Andean communities above 4000 masl with chronic exposure to biomass fuel

Highlights • Children residing at high altitudes and exposed to traditional biomass-fueled stoves exhibit extremely high frequency of sleep symptoms. • These symptoms are misperceived by their mothers as being “normal.” • Sleep symptom misperception leads to either delays in diagnosis or failure to...

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Published in:Sleep medicine 2015-06, Vol.16 (6), p.723-728
Main Authors: Accinelli, Roberto A, Llanos, Oscar, López, Lidia M, Matayoshi, Sebastián, Oros, Yuliana P, Kheirandish-Gozal, Leila, Gozal, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects
Altitude
Attitude to Health
Biofuels - adverse effects
Biomass pollution
Caregivers - psychology
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Neurology
Perception
Peru
Respiratory morbidity
Rural Population
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - diagnosis
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - epidemiology
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - psychology
Sleep disorders
Sleep Medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Highlights • Children residing at high altitudes and exposed to traditional biomass-fueled stoves exhibit extremely high frequency of sleep symptoms. • These symptoms are misperceived by their mothers as being “normal.” • Sleep symptom misperception leads to either delays in diagnosis or failure to diagnose sleep disorders.
ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.536