Sleep Study in Obese Children
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Sleep study in obese children and adolescents, comparing oximetry vs polysomnography in the diagnosis of significant obstructive sleep apnoea
IRAS ID
305760
Contact name
Kelechi Ugonna
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 2 days
Research summary
The association between sleep disturbances and obesity in children has long been a subject of discussion and study. Many studies of varying quality in the last few decades have highlighted the correlation between the two.
Most of the studies have looked at polysomnography (Full sleep study) as the main diagnostic tool especially for significant obstructive sleep apnoea. While oximetry (limited study of limited parameters during sleep) has been increasingly used as a tool for diagnosis also, no studies have looked at comparing it to polysomnography to see if it is good enough to be used solely for that purpose.
In this study we aim to look at full sleep studies and oximetry ones that were done for obese children with a diagnosis of significant obstructive sleep apnoea to determine whether oximetry is a good tool compared to polysomnography.
This will be a retrospective cohort study by looking at data of relevant subjects from medical records at Sheffield Children's NHS foundation trust.
The study is carried out as part of an MSc degree at the University of Leeds and is self funded.REC name
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