Objective:

to analyze the sleep quality in hospitalized children with syndrome of the oral respirator.

Method:

descriptive research with analytical component and quantitative approach, with 80 children in the age group between 5 to 12 years, being in a hospital in the northeast of Brazil. An interview was conducted with parents or guardians of children and the Pittsburgh Index of Sleep Quality questionnaire was applied.

Results:

30 % of children with oral respirators presented very good sleep quality and 43.8 %, good. The components that most interfered in the good sleep quality were: sleep quality (p < 0.001), latency (p < 0.000) and daytime dysfunction (p < 0.000), as well as duration of sleep, habitual efficiency of sleep and use of medication for sleep, with p-value without significance.

Conclusion:

children with oral respirators had good sleep quality according to the perceptions of parents or caregivers.

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