Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020

Sleeping quality in adults with moderate to severe persistence allergic rhinitis Saudi Arabia

Danah Aljomah^1♦, Abdullah Alshakhs², Areej Alasiri³, Ahad Almohammadi⁴, Hanin Alsuwailem ⁵, Mousa Alshehri ⁶, Wedyan Almosa ⁷, Ahoud Almuneef ⁸, Wejdan Suwayyid ⁹

¹Consultant, King Fahad Medical City, ENT Department, Riyadh, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²Medical intern, King Faisal University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
³Medical intern, King Khalid University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁴Medical intern, Tabuk University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁵Medical intern, Dar Aluloom University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁶6th years MBBS student, King Khalid University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁷MBBS, Umm Alqura University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁸Medical intern, King Faisal University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁹Medical intern, Almareefa University College of medicine, kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Consultant, King Fahad Medical City, ENT Department, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: daljomah@kfmc.med.sa

ABSTRACT

Background: Allergic rhinitis is a common inflammatory disorder of the nasal mucosa induced by an allergen. Sleep impairment is a significant problem for patients with allergic rhinitis. Study objectives: The current study aimed to assess the quality of sleep among cases with AR in comparison to non-cases and also to determine the quality of sleep correlates among partisans. Methods: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 from the period of July to October 2019 among the total of 597 Saudi adults who were randomly selected to participate whose ages ranged from 18 to 65 years. The participants have answered a self-reported questionnaire (PSQI). The collected data were analyzed by SPSS version 22. All statistical analysis was done using two-tailed tests and an alpha error of 0.05. A P-value is less than or equal to 0.05 considered to be statistically significant. Results: Among the participants, 509 (85.3%) were diagnosed as allergic rhinitis (AR) cases which were severed among 20.3% and moderate among 55.4% of them. good sleep quality was recorded among 38.3% of AR cases compared to 53.4% of the comparison group. Age and gender had no significant association with good sleep quality among the participants (P> 0.05). However, the duration of disease (P=.014) and disease severity (P=.001) had a significant correlation. Conclusion: It was concluded that sleep quality is altered in AR patients. Sleep quality was affected in moderate and severe, and in particular in severe AR. Feeling cold or hot with the need for sleep medication was the most area affecting sleep quality. Sleep disturbance is common in allergic rhinitis, especially in more severe forms. Disease duration and severity should be considered as contributing factors.

Keywords: Allergic rhinitis, Sleep disorder, good sleep quality, adults.

Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 565-574

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