title: A Preliminary Study of the Effects of SurAsleep on Relieving Symptoms of Sleep Disorders.
abstract: Sleep disorder is a common condition in the general population. Conventional sedative-hypnotic drug therapy may not be appropriate for many patients suffering from only mild-to-moderate sleep disorders. SurAsleep, a nutritional supplement that has been used by patients with sleep disorders in the United States, shows promising effects in improving sleep disorders and enhancing sleep quality. However, double-blinded, randomized and controlled studies have not been performed to determine the efficacy of the supplement. We conducted this study on individuals suffering from mild-to-moderate sleep disorders in Shanghai, China. In this study, we randomly assigned 100 participants over the age of 50 years old with symptoms of sleep disorders to a 12-week treatment with either SurAsleep or placebo. The results were measured by a self-administrated questionnaire on changes in symptoms, which covered 3 phases of sleep: the falling-asleep stage, the sleeping stage and the waking-up stage. We also measured the changes after the 12-week intervention using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), including 7 dimensions of sleeping. All symptoms, dimension-specific PSQI scores and total PSQI scores showed significant improvement after using SurAsleep. In this study, SurAsleep has shown potent effects in relieving somnipathy-related symptoms and improving sleep quality in sleep disorder patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200001, China;
authors.forename: Qingwen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
authors.forename: Tian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, DRM Resources, 1683 Sunflower Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA.
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shariff
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, DRM Resources, 1683 Sunflower Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA.
authors.forename: Tuong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
authors.forename: Jianyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200001, China;
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shi
keywords: PSQI; Questionnaire; SurAsleep; self-assessment; sleep disorder; sleep quality; somnipathy