Comparison of Caregiver- and Child-Reported Quality of Life in Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing.
Phoebe Kuo YuKaitlyn CookJiayan LiuRaouf S AminCraig DerkayLisa M EldenSusan L GaretzAlisha S GeorgeSally IbrahimStacey L IshmanErin M KirkhamS Kamal NaqviJerilynn RadcliffeKristie R RossGopi B ShahIgnacio E TapiaH Gerry TaylorDavid A ZopfSusan RedlineCristina M BaldassariPublished in: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2022)
Caregiver- and child-reported global QOL in children with SDB was weakly correlated, more so for young children. In pediatric SDB, child-perceived QOL may be poorer than that reported by caregivers. Further research is needed to assess whether similar trends exist for disease-specific QOL metrics.