[Sleep problems and use of hypnotics in a nursing home. An inventory].
An inventory has been made on sleeping problems and the use of hypnotics in a nursing home. Contrary to general opinion, the results show that admission to a nursing home does not have to lead to an increase of hypnotics and neuroleptics used. One third of the total patient population revealed severe subjective sleeping problems, for which, however, a therapeutic intervention was not always necessary. In particular somatic revalidation patients showed high percentages of sleeping complaints and medical treatment. A communication hypothesis is presented as a possible explanation: somatic patients are able to ask for medication contrary to psychogeriatric patients, for whom the caregiving network often initiates therapeutic intervention. Attention is focussed on a few sleep disturbing stimuli that often occur in the setting of a nursing home. Prevention of these stimuli implicates changes in the nursing care organization.
Streekverpleeghuis St. Agnes Geertruidenberg.
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Schols
D000368:Aged; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives
Slaapproblemen en slaapmiddelengebruik in een verpleeghuis. Een inventariserend onderzoek.