Browsing by Author "Quan, Stuart"
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Association Between Sleep Disordered Breathing and Behavior in School-Aged Children: The Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study
Quan, Stuart Fun; Zhao, Qiuhong; Sherrill, Duane L.; Goodwin, James L. (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2008)Study Objectives—This study analyzed the association between the Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) and two behavior measures, the Conners’ Parent Rating Scale (CPRS-R) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in school-aged ... -
Brief Review: Sleep Health and Safety for Transportation Workers
Quan, Stuart Fun; Barger, Laura (Arizona Thoracic Society, 2015)Accidents related to sleepiness related fatigue are an important concern in transportation related industries. This brief review outlines the public safety concerns with sleepiness related fatigue in the railroad, aviation ... -
Cognitive Functioning and Academic Performance in Elementary School Children with Anxious/Depressed and Withdrawn Symptoms
Lundy, SM; Sliva, GE; Kaemingk, K.L.; Goodwin, Joy; Quan, Stuart Fun (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2010)Rationale: Few studies have evaluated the relationship between depressive symptomatology and neuropsychological performance in children without symptomatic depression.Objectives: This study determined the relationship ... -
The development of a clinically relevant sleep modification protocol for youth with Type 1 diabetes.
Perfect, Michelle M.; Beebe, Dean W.; Levine-Donnerstein, Deborah; Frye, Sara S.; Bluez, Grai P.; Quan, Stuart Fun (American Psychological Association (APA), 2016)Findings from type 2 diabetes research indicate that sleep is both a predictor of onset and a correlate of disease progression. However, the role sleep plays in glucose regulation and daytime functioning in youth with type ... -
Gender Differences in Real-Home Sleep of Young and Older Couples
Butt, Maryam; Quan, Stuart Fun; Pentland, Alex (Sandy); Khaya, Inas (Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2015)Objectives: To understand gender differences in sleep quality, architecture and duration of young healthy couples in comparison to older couples in their natural sleep environment. Design: Sleep was monitored in a naturalistic ... -
Guns and sleep
Quan, Stuart Fun (Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2015) -
Hospitalized Patients at High Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Have More Rapid Response System Events and Intervention Is Associated with Reduced Events
Sharma, Sunil; Chowdhury, Anindita; Tang, Lili; Willes, Leslee; Glynn, Brian; Quan, Stuart F. (Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: Rapid response system (RRS) is a safety tool designed for early detection and intervention of a deteriorating patient on the general floor in the hospital. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been associated with ... -
Impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on quality of life in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
Batool-Anwar, Salma; Goodwin, James L.; Kushida, Clete A.; Walsh, James A.; Simon, Richard D.; Nichols, Deborah A.; Quan, Stuart Fun (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic illness with increasing prevalence. In addition to associated cardiovascular comorbidities, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has been linked to poor quality of life, occupational ... -
Incidence and Remission of Parasomnias among Adolescent Children in the Tucson Children’s Assessment of Sleep Apnea
Furet, O; Goodwin, Joy; Quan, Stuart Fun (Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado Thoracic Societies, 2011)Background: Longitudinal assessments of parasomnias in the adolescent population are scarce. This analysis aims to identify the incidence and remission of parasomnias in the adolescent age group.Methods: The TuCASA study ... -
Insomnia, Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Children: A Seven Year Longitudinal Cohort
Combs, Daniel; Goodwin, James L.; Quan, Stuart F.; Morgan, Wayne J.; Shetty, Safal; Parthasarathy, Sairam (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)Insomnia is common in children, and is associated with decreased school performance and increased psychopathology. Although adult insomnia is linked to worsened health-related quality of life (HRQOL), there is insufficient ... -
Interns shall not sleep: the duty hours boomerang
Quan, Stuart Fun (Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2017) -
Lack of impact of mild obstructive sleep apnea on sleepiness, mood and quality of life
Quan, Stuart Fun; Budhiraja, Rohit; Batool-Anwar, Salma; Gottlieb, Daniel J; Eichling, Phillip; Patel, Sanjay R; Shen, Wei; Walsh, James; Kushida, Clete (Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2014)Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with sleepiness, depression and reduced quality of life. However, it is unclear whether mild OSA has these negative impacts. Using data from the Apnea ... -
Minimizing Bias in Systematic Reviews: Comment on Kunisaki et al, Provider types and Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Case Finding and Treatment: A Systematic Review
Parthasarathy, Sairam; Combs, Daniel; Patel, Sarah; Poongkunran, Chitra; Quan, Stuart Fun (American College of Physicians, 2018) -
Modified STOP-Bang Tool for Stratifying Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk in Adolescent Children
Combs, Daniel; Goodwin, James L.; Quan, Stuart F.; Morgan, Wayne J.; Parthasarathy, Sairam (Public Library of Science, 2015)Purpose Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in children and diagnostic polysomnography is costly and not readily available in all areas. We developed a pediatric modification of a commonly used adult clinical ... -
Nocturia, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and Cardiovascular Morbidity in a Community-Based Cohort
Parthasarathy, Sairam; Fitzgerald, MaryPat; Goodwin, James L.; Unruh, Mark; Guerra, Stefano; Quan, Stuart Fun (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Nocturia has been independently associated with cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality, but such studies did not adjust for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which may have mediated such a relationship. ... -
A Novel Artificial Neural Network Based Sleep-Disordered Breathing Screening Tool
Li, Ao; Quan, Stuart Fun; Silva, Graciela E.; Perfect, Michelle M.; Roveda, Janet M. (American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), 2018)Study Objectives: This study evaluated a novel artificial neural network (ANN) based sleep disordered breathing (SDB) screening tool incorporating nocturnal pulse oximetry with demographic, anatomic and clinical data. The ... -
Obstructive sleep apnea and quality of life: comparison of the SAQLI, FOSQ, and SF-36 questionnaires
Silva, Graciela; Goodwin, James; Vana, Kimberly; Quan, Stuart Fun (Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2016)Introduction: The impact of sleep on quality of life (QoL) has been well documented; however, there is a great need for reliable QoL measures for persons with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We compared the QoL scores ... -
Positional therapy in the management of positional obstructive sleep apnea—a review of the current literature
Omobomi, Olabimpe Solape; Quan, Stuart Fun (Springer Nature, 2017)More than 50% of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients have worsening of their OSA in the supine position (positional obstructive sleep apnea [POSA], commonly defined as supine to non-supine apnea hypopnea index (AHI) ... -
Predictors of sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea at baseline and after 6 months of continuous positive airway pressure therapy
Budhiraja, Rohit; Kushida, Clete A.; Nichols, Deborah A.; Walsh, James K.; Simon, Richard D.; Gottlieb, Daniel J; Quan, Stuart Fun (European Respiratory Society (ERS), 2017)We evaluated factors associated with subjective and objective sleepiness at baseline and after 6 months of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).We analysed data ... -
Predictors of sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea at baseline and after 6 months of continuous positive airway pressure therapy
Budhiraja, Rohit; Kushida, Clete A.; Nichols, Deborah A.; Walsh, James K.; Simon, Richard D.; Gottlieb, Daniel J; Quan, Stuart Fun (European Respiratory Society (ERS), 2017)