title: In-patient sleep disturbance: the views of staff and patients.
abstract: It is generally recognised that sleep is necessary for the maintenance of well-being and that the need for sleep increases with illness. The findings of a study on in-patient nights show that many do not believe they get sufficient sleep in hospital. Inadequate sleep may be because of discomfort worries and pain, or down to a variety of disturbances. The following paper proposes a number of approaches to tackling these issues.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Southwell
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wistow
mesh_terms: D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D009551:Night Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires