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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on positive airway pressure usage in children with sleep-disordered breathing #MMPMID34105105
Sunkonkit K; Selvadurai S; Voutsas G; Benzon D; Baker A; Trinh M; Narang I
Sleep Breath 2022[Jun]; 26 (2): 533-540 PMID34105105show ga
PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-invasive positive airway pressure (PAP) usage among children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). METHODS: PAP usage data in children with SDB aged 1 to 18 years old at The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada, were analyzed. The PAP usage data were recorded for 3 months prior to and 3 months following the COVID-19 lockdown in Ontario, Canada. The primary outcomes of interest were (i) percentage of days that PAP was used for >/= 4 h and (ii) average daily usage of PAP based on days when PAP was used. RESULTS: A total of 151 children were included. The mean (+/- SD) age and BMI were 12.6 +/- 4.1 years and 28.7 +/- 12.4 kg/m(2), respectively. The median (IQR) percentage of days of PAP usage for >/= 4 h and average nightly PAP usage was significantly higher during compared with prior to the pandemic (76.7 [19.0-94.0] vs 62.0 [15.5-89.0]%, p = 0.02, and 406.0 [244.0-525.0] vs 367.0 [218.0-496.0] min, p = 0.006, respectively). Within this cohort, 95/151 (63%) children with SDB showed increased PAP usage and 56/151 (37%) either decreased the amount of time they used PAP or stopped PAP use altogether. CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 pandemic has provided opportunities for increased PAP usage in a significant number of children with SDB. A subset of children with prior evidence for suboptimal PAP usage showed further decreases in PAP usage during the pandemic. This information is critical for clinicians to provide anticipatory guidance to encourage PAP usage both during the pandemic and beyond.