Assess the Prevalence of Sleep Apnea as an Indicator of High Blood Pressure among Obese Children at Pediatric OPD, SMCH

Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by snoring, recurrent partial and or complete obstruction of the upper airway that is associated with episodes of intermittent nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturations, and sleep disruption. The aim of the study to assess the prevalence of sleep apnea and to evaluate the high blood pressure among obese children. A quantiative research approach with descriptive research design was adopted for the present study.100 samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. A structured quettionaries was used to collect demographic variable. In clinical variable pediatric sleep quettionaries was used to collect data from obese children. BMI was calculated by checking height and weight of the children with range of 25 29.9 above. In result it shows that there is a significant association of sleep apnea and blood pressure among obese children. When systolic BP increases then the sleep apnea among obese children also increases. Mary Minolin. T | Nabesha. B "Assess the Prevalence of Sleep Apnea as an Indicator of High Blood Pressure among Obese Children at Pediatric OPD, SMCH" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-5 , October 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd60009.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/60009/assess-the-prevalence-of-sleep-apnea-as-an-indicator-of-high-blood-pressure-among-obese-children-at-pediatric-opd-smch/mary-minolin-t