About 30 to 40% of children with asthma experience sleep difficulties due to symptoms like coughing and wheezing. Poor sleep increases the risk of severe asthma exacerbations (attacks) that often necessitate a hospitalization or emergency department admission, causing a significant burden to the patient/caregivers and health care system. However, there is a paucity of research on practical ways of identifying children with asthma and sleep problems at increased risk of such severe asthma attacks who could benefit from targeted preventive intervention.
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