Use of the 'BEARS' sleep screening tool in a pediatric residents' continuity clinic: a pilot study
Use of the 'BEARS' sleep screening tool in a pediatric residents' continuity clinic: a pilot study
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在儿科住院医师连续门诊中使用 "BEARS "睡眠筛查工具:一项试点研究
DOI:
10.1016/j.sleep.2004.07.015
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Dalzell, V
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作者:
Owens, JA;Dalzell, V
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a simple, 5-item pediatric sleep screening instrument, the BEARS (B = Bedtime Issues, E = Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, A = Night Awakenings, R = Regularity and Duration of Sleep, S = Snoring) in obtaining sleep-related information and identifying sleep problems in the primary care setting.Setting: Pediatric residents' continuity clinic in a tertiary care children's hospital.Methods: BEARS forms were placed in the medical records of a convenience sample of 2 to 12 year old children presenting for well child visits over the 5 month study period. Sleep-related information recorded in the BEARS visit and in the pre-BEARS visit, which was the subject's most recent previous well child check (WCC), was coded with respect to whether or not a sleep problem was indicated, and whether sleep issues were addressed.Results: A total of 195 children had both a documented pre-BEARS and BEARS WCC visit. BEARS visits were significantly more likely than the pre-BEARS visits to have any sleep information recorded (98.5% vs. 87.7%, p < 0.001), and to have information recorded about bedtime issues (93.3% vs. 7.7%, p < 0.001), excessive daytime sleepiness (93.9% vs. 5.6%, p < 0.001), snoring (92.8% vs. 7.2%, p < 0.001), nighttime awakenings (91.3% vs. 29.2%, p < 0.001), and regularity and duration of sleep (65.3% vs. 31.5%, p < 0.001). Significantly more sleep problems were identified during the BEARS visits in the domains of bedtime issues (16.3% vs. 4.1%, p < 0.001), nighttime awakenings (18.4% vs. 6.8%, p < 0.001) and snoring (10.7% vs. 4.6%, p = 0.012). Finally, almost twice as many BEARS charts had sleep mentioned in the Impression and Plan (13.1% vs. 7.3%), which approached significance (p = 0.07).Conclusions: The BEARS appears to be a user-friendly pediatric sleep screening tool which significantly increases the amount of sleep information recorded as well as the likelihood of identifying sleep problems in the primary care setting. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.