Sleep Disturbance in Chronic Rhinitis: Evaluation of Nasal Symptoms, Sleep Disorder Questionnaires, and Sleep Architecture in Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital

Nina Irawati; Retno Sulistyo Wardani; Niken Lestari Poerbonegoro; Indah Rahmawati

doi:10.1007/s12070-023-03783-5

Sleep Disturbance in Chronic Rhinitis: Evaluation of Nasal Symptoms, Sleep Disorder Questionnaires, and Sleep Architecture in Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Sep;75(3):1888-1893. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-03783-5. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

Authors

Nina Irawati¹, Retno Sulistyo Wardani¹, Niken Lestari Poerbonegoro¹, Indah Rahmawati¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No. 71, Kenari, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10430 Indonesia.

PMID: 37636688
PMCID: PMC10447693 (available on 2024-09-01)
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-03783-5

Abstract

Chronic rhinitis is often associated with sleep disturbance and daytime sleepiness. Disturbance in sleep impairs numerous metabolic processes and brain function. However, there is a paucity of data regarding the evaluation of nasal symptoms and sleep disturbance in chronic rhinitis, either allergic or non-allergic group. To evaluate the characteristic of sleep disturbance in allergic and non-allergic rhinitis in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital Jakarta, a cross sectional analytic descriptive study was performed. All recruited subjects were evaluated for total nasal symptom scores (TNSS) and nasal obstruction symptoms evaluation scores (NOSE). Sleep disorder was assessed using Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaires, and polysomnography (PSG). A total of 22 chronic rhinitis patients, with 11 allergic and 11 non-allergic rhinitis were evaluated. Most subjects with allergic rhinitis experienced daytime sleepiness and poor quality of sleep as well as non-allergic rhinitis, without significant differences in TNSS, NOSE, ESS, and PSQI scores. There was impairment in sleep architecture from PSG parameters in both groups, but the difference was not significant. However, RDI-REM (17.7 ± 14.5 vs. 14.7 ± 18.5) and RERA (2.2 ± 2.1 vs. 1.6 ± 1.7) parameters have a tendency to be higher in the allergic rhinitis compared to non-allergic rhinitis group. Sleep disturbance existed in chronic rhinitis, presented by excessive daytime sleepiness and impairment in sleep architecture, yet no significant difference shown in the severity of TNSS, NOSE, ESS, PSQI scores, and sleep architecture parameters between the allergic and non-allergic rhinitis.

Keywords: Allergic rhinitis; Daytime sleepiness; Nasal congestion; Non-allergic rhinitis; Polysomnography.

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