Name
osa1b
Label
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night
Description

Item from the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 Quality of Life Questionnaire. Franco RA et al., 2000 (PubMed ID: 10889473)

Search for all OSA-18 variables within this dataset

Domain
time
  • 0: None of the time
  • 1: Hardly any of the time
  • 2: A little of the time
  • 3: Some of the time
  • 4: A good bit of the time
  • 5: Most of the time
  • 6: All of the time
Type
choices
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Visit Number
Baseline Follow-up
Total 453 453
None of the time 104 223
Hardly any of the time 45 49
A little of the time 68 32
Some of the time 80 44
A good bit of the time 56 21
Most of the time 51 14
All of the time 42 13
Unknown 7 57
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Treatment Arm
Baseline
Early adenotonsillectomy (EAT) Watchful waiting with supportive care (WWSC) Total
Total 226 227 453
None of the time 47 57 104
Hardly any of the time 23 22 45
A little of the time 40 28 68
Some of the time 38 42 80
A good bit of the time 27 29 56
Most of the time 26 25 51
All of the time 22 20 42
Unknown 3 4 7
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Treatment Arm
Follow-up
Early adenotonsillectomy (EAT) Watchful waiting with supportive care (WWSC) Total
Total 226 227 453
None of the time 159 64 223
Hardly any of the time 19 30 49
A little of the time 3 29 32
Some of the time 7 37 44
A good bit of the time 2 19 21
Most of the time 3 11 14
All of the time 1 12 13
Unknown 32 25 57
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Child's age
Baseline
5 - 7 years old 8 - 10 years old Total
Total 329 124 453
None of the time 69 35 104
Hardly any of the time 34 11 45
A little of the time 51 17 68
Some of the time 62 18 80
A good bit of the time 42 14 56
Most of the time 39 12 51
All of the time 28 14 42
Unknown 4 3 7
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Child's age
Follow-up
5 - 7 years old 8 - 10 years old Total
Total 262 137 399
None of the time 142 81 223
Hardly any of the time 32 17 49
A little of the time 23 9 32
Some of the time 30 14 44
A good bit of the time 11 9 20
Most of the time 10 4 14
All of the time 12 1 13
Unknown 2 2 4
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Child's gender
Baseline
Female Male Total
Total 234 219 453
None of the time 55 49 104
Hardly any of the time 23 22 45
A little of the time 34 34 68
Some of the time 53 27 80
A good bit of the time 31 25 56
Most of the time 21 30 51
All of the time 14 28 42
Unknown 3 4 7
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Child's gender
Follow-up
Female Male Total
Total 234 219 453
None of the time 126 97 223
Hardly any of the time 19 30 49
A little of the time 14 18 32
Some of the time 15 29 44
A good bit of the time 11 10 21
Most of the time 8 6 14
All of the time 9 4 13
Unknown 32 25 57
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Child's race
Baseline
White Black Other Total
Total 156 249 48 453
None of the time 38 55 11 104
Hardly any of the time 18 22 5 45
A little of the time 29 27 12 68
Some of the time 25 43 12 80
A good bit of the time 17 33 6 56
Most of the time 15 36 - 51
All of the time 10 30 2 42
Unknown 4 3 - 7
OSA-18 Quality of Life: Breath holding spells or pauses in breathing at night vs Child's race
Follow-up
White Black Other Total
Total 156 249 48 453
None of the time 87 110 26 223
Hardly any of the time 15 33 1 49
A little of the time 12 17 3 32
Some of the time 12 27 5 44
A good bit of the time 10 7 4 21
Most of the time 3 10 1 14
All of the time 5 6 2 13
Unknown 12 39 6 57