Impairments in attention in occasionally snoring children: an event-related potential study.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether minimal snoring is benign in children.


METHODS
22 rarely snoring children (mean age = 6.9 years, 11 females) and age- and sex-matched controls participated in an auditory oddball task wearing 128-electrode nets. Parents completed the Conners Parent Rating Scales-Revised Long (CPRS-R:L).


RESULTS
Snorers scored significantly higher on four CPRS-R:L subscales. Stepwise regression indicated that two ERP variables from a region of the ERP that peaked at 844 msec post-stimulus onset predicted CPRS-R:L Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Index scores.


CONCLUSIONS
Occasional snorers, according to parental report, do exhibit ADHD-like behaviors. Basic sensory processing is longer than in controls, suggesting that delayed frontal activation requires more effort in snorers.
Barnes
Maria E
ME
Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Huss
Elizabeth A
EA
Garrod
Krista N
KN
Van Raay
Eric
E
Dayyat
Ehab
E
Gozal
David
D
Molfese
Dennis L
DL
D017677:Age Distribution; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010290:Parents; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012913:Snoring / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires