Home Ventilatory Support in Children

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06172868

Enrollment

Registered

2023-12-15

Start date

2020-10-01

Completion date

2027-12-01

Last updated

2023-12-15

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Conditions

Sleep Apnea Syndromes in Children

Brief summary

The study consist of children, who have used home ventilatory support during years 2010-2020 in Tampere University Hospital. The study will describe retrospectively different diagnoses and symptoms which will lead to home ventilatory support. We also study compliance to treatment and it's disanvantages. The prospective part of the study describes the quality of live of these children by using questionnaires (PedSQL).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 16 Years

Inclusion criteria

\- ICD-10 Code for Sleep apnea diagnose G47.3 AND G47.3 diagnose found from pediatric electronic patient records between years 2010-2020 OR Patient name found from pediatric multidisciplinary home respiratory team's clinical list

Exclusion criteria

* Age over 16 * Patient starting home ventilation after 31st December 2020 or treatment ending before 1st January 2010 * patients with sleep apnea but without home respiratory support treatment * Only theophylline treatment * High-flow oxygen therapy * Age over 16 at treatment onset * Never started treatment * Treatment starting point and ending before year 2010

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patient demographics of patients from 0 up to 16 years old treated by a multidisciplinary home respiratory support-team during January 2010 to December 2020 in Tampere University Hospital, Finland	2022-2023	Data included patient demographics
Number of patients with clinical characteristics	2022-2023	Data included underlying medical conditions and medications. The circumstances for home respiratory support onset, frequency of follow-up, complications, operative interventions to treat sleep apnea before and during period with home respiratory support were collected. The type of respiratory support (device, mode, interface) was recorded.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The duration of treatment	2022-2023	The duration of treatment during January 2010 to December 2020 in Tampere University Hospital, Finland were collected.

Countries

Finland

Outcome results