Avaliação da função cognitiva da aprendizagem em crianças com distúrbios obstrutivos do sono

• Autor(a) principal: Uema, Sandra Fumi Hamasaki [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Pignatari, Shirley Shizue Nagata [UNIFESP], Fujita, Reginaldo Raimundo [UNIFESP], Moreira, Gustavo Antonio [UNIFESP], Pradella-Hallinan, Márcia Lurdes de Cássia [UNIFESP], Weckx, Luc Louis Maurice [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/001300000vz44
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-72992007000300005; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3780
• topic: Learning|c|ognition; Children; Obstructive sleep disorders; aprendizagem; cognição; Crianças; distúrbios obstrutivos do sono

Sleep obstructive breathing disorders are frequent in children but the impact of sleep deprivation on the cognitive learning function is unclear. AIM: To establish whether patients with sleep obstructive breathing disorders show any functional change in learning, memory and attention. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Eighty-one children aged from 6 to 12 years were divided into 3 groups: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), n=24; primary snoring (PS), n=37; and control, n=20. The groups were assessed using learning (Rey) and psychological (Digit, Code, Letter Concealing, and Symbol) tests. RESULTS: OSAS and PS children showed statistically significant worse performance on the variable A1 in Rey test (learning and memory) when compared with controls (p=0.011). PS children had an even worse performance on the variables A2, A4, AT and A6 compared to OSAS participants and controls (p=0.020;p=0.050;p=0.004,p=0.05). Conclusion: Children with obstructive sleep breathing disorders, in particular PS, show worse Rey test scores. PS and OSAS children performed similarly in attention tests.