Finaba Berete, Lydia Gisle, Stefaan Demarest, Rana Charafeddine, Olivier Bruyère, Stephan Van den Broucke, Johan Van der Heyden
Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health related outcomes in the Belgian adult population?
BMC public health
although pediatric obstructive sleep apnea osa estimated affect 23 general population prevalence sickle cell disease scd much higher research suggesting prevalence rate upwards 40 despite similar underlying pathophysiological mechanisms neurocognitive effects pediatric osa scd scarcity information two conditions interact aim study better understand contribution sleep apnea neurocognitive deficits children diagnosed scd study assessed cognitive function 26 children comorbid scd osa 39 matched comparisons scd 59 matched comparisons children without chronic health condition significant differences measures processing speed reading decoding children without chronic health condition scoring better chronic health condition groups additionally chronic health condition group performed better test quantitative knowledge reasoning test visualspatial construction scdonly group contrary hypotheses betweengroup differences suggesting additive impact osa cognition exploratory analyses revealed associations within group osa showing severe osa correlated lower performance measures processing speed quantitative knowledgereasoning children comorbid osa scd present greater deficits cognitive functioning children scd alone however severe osa may confer additional risk neurocognitive impairments