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This study focuses on the translation, adaptation, and validation of the OSA-18 questionnaire for Arabic-speaking pediatric patients, aiming to contribute to the understanding of OSA and its implications on the quality of life in this population.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A study was conducted at Jordan University Hospital, involving 186 Arabic-speaking pediatric patients with suspected OSA. The OSA-18 questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted following the World Health Organization guidelines. Overnight polysomnography was conducted to assess OSA severity. Internal consistency, construct validity, convergent validity, and predictive\/discriminant validity were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The study sample (68.8% of males, median age: 10.87) showed a median Apnea\u2013Hypopnea Index (AHI) of 7.0, OSA-18 score of 46.5, and Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) score of 7.0. Internal consistency of OSA-18 was acceptable, except for the \u201cphysical symptoms\u201d domain. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed five factors corresponding to different OSA-18 domains. Convergent validity was supported by significant correlations between OSA-18 and PSQ scores. However, no correlation was found between OSA-18 scores and AHI. OSA severity was associated with higher PSQ scores but not with AHI.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This study provides valuable insights into pediatric OSA in Arabic-speaking children. While the translation and validation of the OSA-18 questionnaire demonstrated acceptable reliability and convergent validity, the lack of correlation between OSA-18 scores and AHI raises questions about the survey\u2019s ability to capture the full impact of OSA objectively. Future research should focus on developing more reliable diagnostic tools, especially in resource-limited settings.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/atm.atm_94_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,3]],"date-time":"2024-10-03T09:00:17Z","timestamp":1727946017000},"page":"266-274","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Validation of the Arabic version of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 quality of life questionnaire for evaluating children with sleep apnea\u2013hypopnea syndrome"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Montaha","family":"Al-Iede","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Division of Respiratory Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Ali","family":"Alshrouf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Abdallah","family":"Al-Ani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Office of Scientific Affairs and Research, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Alaa","family":"Alkurdi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Areej H.","family":"Jaber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Omar","family":"Husain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Batool","family":"Abusabra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]},{"given":"Nihad A.","family":"Almasri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"},{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan"}]}],"member":"2581","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20241003","first-page":"224","article-title":"Update on paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea","volume":"8","author":"Dehlink","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Thorac Dis"},{"key":"R2-20241003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"416","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pcad.2008.03.002","article-title":"Cardiovascular complications of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome:Evidence from children","volume":"51","author":"Bhattacharjee","year":"2009","journal-title":"Prog Cardiovasc Dis"},{"key":"R3-20241003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"511","DOI":"10.1007\/s11325-017-1576-4","article-title":"Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea among obese toddlers and preschool children","volume":"22","author":"Bin-Hasan","year":"2018","journal-title":"Sleep Breath"},{"key":"R4-20241003","first-page":"2","article-title":"Epidemiology and diagnosis of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea","volume":"46","author":"DelRosso","year":"2016","journal-title":"Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care"},{"key":"R6-20241003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109727","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijporl.2019.109727","article-title":"Linguistic adaptation and validation of Italian version of OSA-18, a quality of life questionnaire for evaluation of children with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAS)","volume":"129","author":"Arezzo","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol"},{"key":"R7-20241003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9","DOI":"10.1067\/mhn.2000.105254","article-title":"First place \u2013Resident clinical science award 1999. 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