Validation of Health Data Case Definitions for Pediatric Sleep Apnea in Ontario, 2009-2016

A 2009-2016 validation study of health administrative data case definitions for obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children. The dataset, created by Dhenuka Radhakrishnan, compares these definitions against polysomnography results from a tertiary care pediatric sleep laboratory in Ontario. It is a 13.5 KB Excel file last updated on 2026-04-27.

Use Cases

• Validate diagnostic codes for pediatric sleep apnea based on comparison with polysomnography results.
• Assess the performance of administrative data algorithms for identifying obstructive sleep disordered breathing.
• Benchmark case definition sensitivity and specificity for epidemiological research.

Strengths

• Data is validated against polysomnography, a clinical gold standard.
• Covers a specific 7-year period from 2009 to 2016.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 13.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Validation study comparing health administrative data to polysomnography results.

Time Range

2009-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 17:27:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ontario, Canada