Children and parents in the
RCT were recruited from two
Midwestern ambulatory surgery centers.
School children were recruited
using flyers posted throughout a
Midwestern school. All children and
parents were required to speak and
read English. Inclusion criteria for
both groups of children in this study
were a) ability to speak and read
English, b) 12 to 18 years of age, and
c) parental consent. Children in the T
& A sample met the following inclusion
criteria: a) surgical tonsillectomy
or T & A, b) no surgical or recovery
complications, and c) discharged
home the same day as the surgery.
Children in the comparison school
population met the following inclusion
criteria: a) age and gender
matched to the T & A sample, b) no
history of obstructive sleep apnea, c) a
score within the normative range of
the Cleveland Adolescent Sleepiness
Questionnaire (CASQ) (Spilsbury et
al., 2007), and d) body mass index
(BMI) less than 95%.