Prospective Outcomes Study of the Impact of Nasal Surgery on Sleep Quality

Objectives:Evaluate the impact of functional nasal airway surgery on the quality of sleep in patients using validated outcomes measurements. Study Design: Prospective, single center, outcome study of sleep quality before and after functional nasal surgery in patients with nasal airway obstruction treated from August 1, 2011, to August 1, 2013. Patients >18 years old with symptomatic structural nasal airway obstruction treated surgically at an academic otolaryngology practice. Intervention: Primary septoplasty, revision septoplasty, functional septorhinoplasty.Methods:Patients completed the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale (0-100 scale), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) (0-21 scale), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index (PSQI) (0-21 scale), and Likert scales pre-operatively and at 3 months post-operatively. The impact of nasal surgery outcome on sleep quality was analyzed. Linear regression analyses were carried out to identify independent variables affecting sleep outcomes in nasal surgery pa...