The aim of this prospective, randomised study was to evaluate the effects of nasal douches with sodium hyaluronate on clinical and endoscopic variables, on parental perception of their child’s health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), and on parental workdays lost in preschool recurrent upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). Children aged 2-6 years with recurrent or persistent URTIs underwent at baseline the evaluation of upper respiratory tract symptoms in the previous two weeks, and nasal endoscopy. Parents of enrolled children were assessed for self-perception of their children’s HR-QoL using a standardised questionnaire. The same variables were reassessed after a 2-week treatment with either 9 mg sodium hyaluronate plus saline solution or saline alone by nasal douches. Forty of the 48 children enrolled completed the study (22 assigned to the combined treatment). Compared to baseline, the combined treatment resulted in a significant reduction of the prevalence of children with missed daycare days (45% vs 14%, p=0.04) and of parents with workdays lost (36% vs 5%, p=0.02), and in a significant improvement of HR-QoL score (3.7 vs 2.8, p=0.004). At endoscopy, the secretion and mucosal oedema score significantly improved after the combined treatment (6 vs 2, p < 0.001), and there was a trend towards a reduction of the adenoid hypertrophy score (p=0.06). No clinical, HR-QOL or endoscopy changes were found in the saline group. In preschool children with recurrent or persistent URTIs, sodium hyaluronate by nasal douche significantly improves endoscopic features. Additional benefits include the children’s HR-QoL and daycare attendance, and parental work.

Sodium hyaluronate improves quality of life and nasal endoscopy features in preschool children with upper respiratory tract infections / Montella, Silvia; Cantone, Elena; Maglione, Marco; Iengo, Maurizio; Santamaria, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS & HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS. - ISSN 0393-974X. - 30:1(2016), pp. 303-308.

Sodium hyaluronate improves quality of life and nasal endoscopy features in preschool children with upper respiratory tract infections

MONTELLA, SILVIA;CANTONE, ELENA;MAGLIONE, MARCO;IENGO, MAURIZIO;SANTAMARIA, FRANCESCA
2016

Abstract

The aim of this prospective, randomised study was to evaluate the effects of nasal douches with sodium hyaluronate on clinical and endoscopic variables, on parental perception of their child’s health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), and on parental workdays lost in preschool recurrent upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). Children aged 2-6 years with recurrent or persistent URTIs underwent at baseline the evaluation of upper respiratory tract symptoms in the previous two weeks, and nasal endoscopy. Parents of enrolled children were assessed for self-perception of their children’s HR-QoL using a standardised questionnaire. The same variables were reassessed after a 2-week treatment with either 9 mg sodium hyaluronate plus saline solution or saline alone by nasal douches. Forty of the 48 children enrolled completed the study (22 assigned to the combined treatment). Compared to baseline, the combined treatment resulted in a significant reduction of the prevalence of children with missed daycare days (45% vs 14%, p=0.04) and of parents with workdays lost (36% vs 5%, p=0.02), and in a significant improvement of HR-QoL score (3.7 vs 2.8, p=0.004). At endoscopy, the secretion and mucosal oedema score significantly improved after the combined treatment (6 vs 2, p < 0.001), and there was a trend towards a reduction of the adenoid hypertrophy score (p=0.06). No clinical, HR-QOL or endoscopy changes were found in the saline group. In preschool children with recurrent or persistent URTIs, sodium hyaluronate by nasal douche significantly improves endoscopic features. Additional benefits include the children’s HR-QoL and daycare attendance, and parental work.
2016
Sodium hyaluronate improves quality of life and nasal endoscopy features in preschool children with upper respiratory tract infections / Montella, Silvia; Cantone, Elena; Maglione, Marco; Iengo, Maurizio; Santamaria, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS & HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS. - ISSN 0393-974X. - 30:1(2016), pp. 303-308.
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