[Methodology and problems in home monitoring of children with sleep-related respiratory disorders--perspectives].
In a pilot study we interviewed parents of 100 formerly home monitored infants about problems during the monitoring period. The duration of home monitoring was between 1 and 48 months (median 15 months). 95% of the parents reported false alarms. 66% of the infants had real alarms, in 50% of the infants interventions were necessary. 3% of the infants had to be resuscitated. Only 47% of the parents felt safe in the practice of resuscitation even though all parents had been trained before. Perspectives of improvement of home monitoring are discussed.
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Kinderklinik Köln-Porz, Deutschland.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012151:Resuscitation; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*