Sleep Quality and Congestion with Breathe Right Nasal Strips: Two Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Two multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trials assessed the effect of Breathe Right Nasal Strips (BRNS) on sleep-related quality of life in otherwise healthy subjects with chronic nocturnal nasal congestion who reported trouble sleeping.

Methods

Subjects were randomized to BRNS or a placebo strip for approximately 8 h each night for 14 days. Efficacy was assessed in the clinic using the Nocturnal Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (NRQLQ).

Results

A total of 140 subjects were randomized in Study 1, and 130 in Study 2. There was no significant difference between BRNS and placebo on either the NRQLQ "Sleep Problems" domain or the "Feel Tired and Unrefreshed" item of the "Symptoms on Waking in the Morning" domain at day 7 or 14. T

SUBMITTER: Noss MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6822978 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature