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Article

Nasal Symptoms in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Their Association with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Usage

by
Konstantinos Chaidas
1,*,
Kallirroi Lamprou
2,
Amberley Munnings
1,
John R. Stradling
2 and
Annabel H. Nickol
2
1
Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
2
Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Life 2022, 12(2), 305; https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020305
Submission received: 18 January 2022 / Revised: 6 February 2022 / Accepted: 16 February 2022 / Published: 17 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: History, Current Status, Perspectives)
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Abstract

The role of nasal symptoms in continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) tolerance is not completely clear. This study aimed to investigate the association between CPAP usage and nasal symptoms, either prior to, or developing during, CPAP use in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Two hundred thirty patients were studied and divided into high-, low-, and non-CPAP users. Nasal symptoms and related quality of life parameters were evaluated prior to CPAP initiation and after three months. We also investigated predictive factors for CPAP usage. Non-CPAP users had significantly worse baseline scores for runny nose compared with high and low users (1.34 vs. 0.68 and 0.75, respectively, p = 0.006). There were no other significant differences between the groups. Runny nose was an independent predictive factor for lower CPAP usage (p = 0.036). An evaluation after three months showed worsening in runny nose score in high-CPAP users (p = 0.025) but not in low- and non-users. There were no significant changes in other nasal symptoms. Our study demonstrates that nasal symptoms were very common in this population but rhinorrhoea was the only symptom associated with poorer CPAP adherence. Moreover, rhinorrhoea worsened after a three-month trial of high-CPAP usage.
Keywords: nasal complaints; rhinorrhoea; nasal obstruction; allergic rhinitis; CPAP adherence; CPAP predictors nasal complaints; rhinorrhoea; nasal obstruction; allergic rhinitis; CPAP adherence; CPAP predictors

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Chaidas, K.; Lamprou, K.; Munnings, A.; Stradling, J.R.; Nickol, A.H. Nasal Symptoms in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Their Association with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Usage. Life 2022, 12, 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020305

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Chaidas K, Lamprou K, Munnings A, Stradling JR, Nickol AH. Nasal Symptoms in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Their Association with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Usage. Life. 2022; 12(2):305. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020305

Chicago/Turabian Style

Chaidas, Konstantinos, Kallirroi Lamprou, Amberley Munnings, John R. Stradling, and Annabel H. Nickol. 2022. "Nasal Symptoms in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Their Association with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Usage" Life 12, no. 2: 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020305

APA Style

Chaidas, K., Lamprou, K., Munnings, A., Stradling, J. R., & Nickol, A. H. (2022). Nasal Symptoms in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Their Association with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Usage. Life, 12(2), 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12020305

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