The Effect of Honey on Nocturnal Cough and Sleep Quality

Clalit Health Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cough; Sleep

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Citrus honey; Dietary Supplement: Labiatae honey; Dietary Supplement: Silan date extract; Dietary Supplement: Eucalyptus honey

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01575821

hermanhoney

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cough is a common symptom in pediatric practice. It can be particularly troubling to children and their parents.It often results in discomfort to the child and loss of sleep to both the child and the parent. The objective of this trial was to compare the effects on nocturnal cough and the sleep difficulty associated with URIs of a single nocturnal dose of three different honey products compared to placebo

Full description

Cough is a common symptom in pediatric practice.As a result, children miss daycare or school and parents miss a day of work. In an attempt to threat cough, caregivers frequently administer OTC medication to their children,with their attendant risks, kack of proven efficacy and the disapproval of professional organizations such as the AAP and the FDA. The WHO has noted honey as a potential treatment for cough and cold symptoms. Honey has antioxidant properties and increases cytokine release. The objective of this trial was to compare the effects on nocturnal cough and the sleep difficulty associated with URIs of a single nocturnal dose of three different honey products compared to placebo

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 5 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1-5 years of age complying of nocturnal cough that was attributed to a URI.

Exclusion criteria

• asthma,
• pneumonia,
• laryngotracheobronchitis,
• sinusitis,
• allergic rhinitis,
• use of cough or cold medication on the night before entering the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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300 participants in 4 patient groups

Eucalyptus honey ,

Experimental group

Description:

75 children

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Eucalyptus honey

Labiatae honey

Experimental group

Description:

75 children allocated

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Labiatae honey

Silan date extract (placebo)

Experimental group

Description:

75 children allocated

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Silan date extract

Citrus honey

Experimental group

Description:

75 children allocated

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Citrus honey