Nasal dilator strip therapy for chronic sleep-maintenance insomnia and symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing: A randomized controlled trial

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-28

  Krakow, Barry ^a,b,c   Melendrez, Dominic ^a,b   Sisley, Brandy ^a,b   Warner, Teddy D ^c   Krakow, Jessica ^a,b   Leahigh, Lisa ^a   Lee, Sam ^a  

^a Sleep and Human Health Institute   (United States)

^b Maimonides Sleep Arts and Sciences Ltd   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Impairment; Insomnia; Nonrestorative sleep; Sleep quality; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NOSE BREATHING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY CARE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746895152     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-005-0037-7     Document Type: Article

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