Chronic Rhinosinusitis Impairs Sleep Quality: Results of the GA2LEN Study

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 40; no. 1
• Main Authors: Bengtsson, Caroline, Lindberg, Eva, Jonsson, Lars, Holmström, Mats, Sundbom, Fredrik, Hedner, Jan, Malinovschi, Andrei, Middelveld, Roelinde, Forsberg, Bertil, Janson, Christer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Asthma; Chronic Disease; Disease; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Insomnia; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Rhinitis; Rhinitis - complications; Rhinitis - diagnosis; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Sinusitis; Sinusitis - complications; Sinusitis - diagnosis; Sleep deprivation; Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology; Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden - epidemiology; Young Adult; epidemiology; persistent allergic rhinitis; Chronic rhinosinusitis; CRS; population-based; sleep quality

To analyze the prevalence of sleep problems in subjects with Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and to determine whether the disease severity of CRS affects sleep quality. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of 45 000 adults in four Swedish cities. Questions on CRS, asthma, allergic rhinitis, co-m...