Sleep Disordered Breathing: An Epidemiological Study among Albanian Children and Adolescents.

Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) comprises a group of diseases characterized by alterations in the frequency and/or depth of breathing during sleep. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of SDB in a group of Albanian children and adolescents and to describe its social, physiological, psychological, sleep-related, and anthropometric risk factors, in relation to the sociodemographic situation. A total of 6087 participants (mean age: 10.

Oral health conditions in an Albanian adolescent population: an epidemiological study.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the oral health conditions of an adolescent population of Tirana.

Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out in a sample (n = 1885), aged 16-19, mean age 17.4 (SD = 1.