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KMID : 1034320170080020081
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Sleep Medicine Research
2017 Volume.8 No. 2 p.81 ~ p.85
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Eating Behaviors and Appetite of Children with Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy: A Preliminary Study
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Doo Jeon-Gang
Kim Seok-Hyun
Jung Su-Young
Min Jin-Young
Kim Su-Jin
Kim Sung-Wan
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Abstract
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Background and Objective: Abnormal eating behaviors and decreased appetite are usually found in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH). The aim of this study was to examine eating behaviors and appetite using Korean?Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire (K-CEBQ) in ATH children and compare the subgroups according to combined problems.
Methods : Parents of 147 children (boy 97, girl 50) aged 2.4?14.1 years (6.8 ± 6.86 yrs) completed a validated K-CEBQ from December 2015 to December 2016. Patients were categorized and compared between allergy (n = 41) and non-allergy (n = 104); with frequent upper respiratory tract infection (URI, n = 65) and without frequent URI (n = 82); with obstruction problems only (n = 57), with infectious problems only (n = 7) and with both problems (n = 83). Analyses were conducted to examine correlations between scores of the subscales, K-CEBQ and children subgroups.
Results : All subscales of K-CEBQ except food fussiness were not significantly different between allergy and non-allergy groups. However, food fussiness was significantly different between the two groups (p = 0.015). There were no significant differences in subscales of K-CEBQ for other comparisons.
Conclusions: ATH itself or sleep disordered breathing due to ATH might have a major contribution to appetite and eating behavior irrespective of allergy, recurrent URI, or surgical indications. Further study is needed to determine changes of appetite and eating behavior after adenotonsillectomy.
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KEYWORD
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Appetite, Eating behavior, Children, Adenotonsillar hypertrophy
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