title: Assessment of sleep in hospital patients: a review of methods.
abstract: Since sleep and healing appear to be associated, achieving the optimum quality of sleep among hospital patients should be a priority for both clinical nurses and researchers. This paper discusses various methods of sleep assessment which may be used by those intending to conduct research in this field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Closs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D004282:Documentation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D009068:Movement; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires