From: Postsurgical behaviors in children with and without symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing
Behavior | No SDB | SDB | OR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|
General anxiety subscale: | |||
Needs a pacifier | 7 (3.0) | 2 (2.3) | 0.76 (0.18–3.30) |
Afraid to leave the house with you | 4 (1.7) | 5 (5.7) | 3.49 (0.99–12.32) |
Uninterested in things about them | 5 (2.1) | 3 (3.4) | 1.63 (0.42–6.33) |
Bites fingernails | 1 (0.4) | 1 (1.1) | 2.70 (0.28–26.15) |
Avoids/afraid of new things | 6 (2.5) | 7 (7.9) | 3.31 (1.13–9.69)* |
Difficulty deciding | 9 (3.8) | 9 (10.2) | 2.87 (1.13–7.29)* |
Irregular bowel habits | 40 (16.9) | 25 (28.4) | 1.94 (1.10–3.44)* |
Sucks fingers/thumbs | 4 (1.7) | 1 (1.1) | 0.67 (0.09–4.52) |
Separation anxiety subscale: | |||
Upset when parent leaves | 26 (11.0) | 16 (18.2) | 1.79 (0.92–3.51) |
Upset when doctors or hospitals mentioned | 28 (11.9) | 15 (17.1) | 1.53 (0.78–2.99) |
Follows parent around the house | 21 (8.9) | 18 (20.5) | 2.63 (1.34–5.18)* |
Seeks attention | 33 (13.9) | 25 (28.4) | 2.44 (1.36–4.39)* |
Bad dreams/wakes a lot | 27 (11.4) | 35 (39.8) | 5.11 (2.86–9.15)* |
Sleep anxiety subscale: | |||
Fussy going to bed | 9 (3.8) | 9 (10.2) | 2.87 (1.13–7.29)* |
Afraid of the dark | 6 (2.5) | 6 (6.8) | 2.81 (0.93–8.50) |
Difficulty going to sleep | 19 (8.0) | 7 (7.9) | 0.99 (0.41–2.38) |
Eating disturbances subscale: | |||
Fussy about eating | 16 (6.8) | 30 (34.1) | 7.11 (3.66–13.83)* |
Spends time doing nothing/lying around | 43 (18.2) | 33 (37.5) | 2.69 (1.57–4.63)* |
Poor appetite | 25 (10.6) | 41 (46.6) | 7.36 (4.09–13.23)* |
Aggression against authority subscale: | |||
Temper tantrums | 22 (9.3) | 24 (27.3) | 3.65 (1.93–6.89)* |
Disobeys | 20 (8.47) | 21 (23.9) | 3.39 (1.74–6.57)* |
Apathy/withdrawal subscale: | |||
Wets the bed | 10 (4.2) | 7 (7.9) | 1.95 (0.74–5.14) |
Needs help doing things | 30 (12.7) | 17 (19.3) | 1.64 (0.86–3.14) |
Lack of interest in games/toys | 8 (3.39) | 9 (10.2) | 3.25 (1.25–8.44)* |
Difficult getting child to talk | 7 (2.9) | 12 (13.6) | 5.17 (2.02–13.19)* |
Shy with strangers | 9 (3.8) | 5 (5.7) | 1.52 (0.52–4.46) |
Breaks toys/objects | 7 (2.9) | 5 (5.7) | 1.97 (0.64–6.06) |