Hypertension and Sleep Disordered Breathing in Pediatrics

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00990899

Enrollment

Registered

2009-10-07

Start date

2008-10-31

Completion date

2011-07-31

Last updated

2019-02-06

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Conditions

Hypertension, Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Keywords

hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, pediatrics

Brief summary

The primary objective is to determine the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in children with primary hypertension or pre hypertension. The secondary objectives are to determine any association factors for children with primary hypertension or prehypertension to have sleep disordered breathing be it gender, age, body mass index (BMI), family history (hx) or ethnic group.

Detailed description

This is an exploratory, cross sectional study involving identification of the children of the age between 10 years and 17 years diagnosed with primary hypertension who have not been previously diagnosed and or treated for sleep disordered breathing with the revised pediatric sleep questionaire (PSQ) for sleep disordered breathing. The subjects that have shown interest will be mailed the informed consent/assent form to tbe reviewed. The consent/assent form will be handed to the child and all their questions and concerns will be answered in a comprehensible manner.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

10 Years to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* aged 10 to 17 years old diagnosed with primary hypertension

Exclusion criteria

* refused to participate in the study * children to secondary hypertension * previously diagnosed with sleep disordered breathing

Countries

United States

Outcome results