Celebrity Doctor Rob Hicks supported National Stop Snoring Week 2011 and explained how serious snoring can be. A survey in April of 1616 respondents found that snoring is causing damage to relationships across the UK; 75% of UK couples are spending nights in separate rooms, causing embarrassment and distance between partners.

• Microsite
• Doctor Rob Hicks YouTube video
• Press release

This year we discussed how items in the home can lead people to snore. The Interactive Snoring House was designed to highlight how household items and substances that we use every day can be the cause of snoring.

• Microsite
• Interactive Snoring House
• Allergies / Facts
• Press release

We conducted a survey of over 2,500 respondents and found that three quarters of all snorers feel embarrassed about their condition. Female snorers are more self-conscious about the problem than men and are less likely to seek help. It was also found that snorers can take up to 18 years before they solve their snoring problem.

• Microsite
• Survey results (pdf)
• Press release

We discussed the physical and psychological effects that snoring has on both snorers and their bed partners. Research revealed that 97% of bed partners suffer from chronic sleep deprivation as they are prevented from getting to sleep and are constantly woken during the night. Conditions such as lack of concentration and motivation, anxiety, depression, irritability and being argumentative were more apparent in bed partners of snorers than those of non-snorers. Press release.

From a study of nearly 3000 participants we found that snorers were 3 times more likely to suffer the adverse health conditions of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and high cholesterol and nearly 4 times more likely to suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness than their non-snoring counterparts. Press release (pdf).

In response to a questionnaire to discover if Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD) therapy is as good as we expected, 67% of our respondents said it had stopped them snoring and 69% of them said the benefits of the therapy far outweighed any disadvantages. Press release.

In response to a questionnaire to discover whether snoring has an adverse effect on a couple's sexual relationship, more than 60% of respondents said they would make love more often if they or their partner stopped snoring. Press release (pdf).

A survey we conducted found that 52% of respondents had their holiday adversely affected by snoring. 58% avoid sharing a room with a snorer, and in particular avoid caravan, camping or coach holidays. They even avoid taking long flights with a snorer. Press release (pdf).

Issues discussed included social aspects of sleep deprivation, guilt issues of the snorer, disruption to household, sleepy drivers & work and sleepiness. Press release (pdf).