Table 3.
Descriptive results of each of the NOSE questions.
| Condition | Assessment | Saline (n = 26) |
Xylitol (n = 26) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal/mild | Moderate | Accentuated/ severe | Normal/mild | Moderate | Accentuated/ severe | ||
| Nasal congestion | Before | 4 (15.4) | 8 (30.8) | 14 (53.8) | 2 (7.7) | 4 (15.4) | 20 (76.9) |
| After | 11 (42.3) | 15 (57.7) | − | 23 (88.5) | 3 (11.5) | − | |
| Nasal obstruction | Before | − | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) | 1 (3.8) | 5 (19.2) | 20 (76.9) |
| After | 11 (42.3) | 11 (42.3) | 4 (15.4) | 17 (65.4) | 9 (34.6) | − | |
| Difficulty passing air through the nose | Before | 3 (11.5) | 1 (3.8) | 22 (84.6) | 2 (7.7) | 3 (11.5) | 21 (80.8) |
| After | 14 (53.8) | 7 (26.9) | 5 (19.2) | 22 (84.6) | 3 (11.5) | 1 (3.8) | |
| Nasal obstruction during sleep | Before | − | 2 (7.7) | 24 (92.3) | 1 (3.8) | 5 (19.2) | 20 (76.9) |
| After | 4 (15.4) | 19 (73.1) | 3 (11.5) | 18 (69.2) | 8 (30.8) | − | |
| Nasal obstruction during exercise | Before | − | 3 (11.5) | 23 (88.5) | 3 (11.5) | 1 (3.8) | 22 (84.6) |
| After | 3 (11.5) | 16 (61.5) | 7 (26.9) | 17 (65.4) | 8 (30.8) | 1 (3.8) | |