TABLE 3.

FREQUENCY OF CHILDREN FALLING IN THE CLINICALLY ABNORMAL RANGE ON NEUROBEHAVIORAL MEASURES AT BASELINE AND AFTER PAP THERAPY

Measure	Baseline	On PAP	P Value
Conners Abbreviated Symptom Questionnaire*	10 (19.2)	6 (11.5)	0.289
Modified Epworth Sleepiness Scale	14 (26.9)	5 (9.6)	0.004
Child Behavior Checklist
Attention problems	13 (25)	8 (15.4)	0.18
Internalizing	13 (25)	9 (17.3)	0.34
Externalizing	8 (15.4)	6 (11.5)	0.73
Total	17 (32.7)	12 (23.1)	0.063
OSAS-18
Moderate impairment	28 (53.8)	5 (9.6)	<0.001
Large impairment	9 (17.3)	2 (3.8)	0.039
PedsQL
Impairment (caregiver report)	27 (51.9)	16 (30.8)	0.013
Impairment (child report)†	26 (61.9)	13 (31)	0.002

Definition of abbreviations: OSAS = obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; PAP = positive airway pressure.

Data are shown as N (%). P values are based on McNemar tests of equality of paired proportions. Significant P values shown in bold.

^*N = 51.

^†N = 42.