The sleep experience of medical and surgical patients.
This study described and compared the sleep experience of medical and surgical patients during a hospital stay. During 3 consecutive nights, patients (n = 110) self-reported sleep quality using the Verran and Snyder Sleep Scale (VSH) and potentially disruptive factors using items from the Factors Influencing Sleep Questionnaire (FISQ). Surgical patients, on the first night, received more procedural care (p = .001), less sedative medication (p < .001), reported more sleep disturbance (p = .02), less sleep effectiveness (p = .03), and more need for sleep supplementation (p = .03). Variance in sleep effectiveness was explained by the FISQ score, age, and length of time in hospital (F = 6.86, p < .001). The sleep experience of patients varies between diagnostic groupings and across the hospital stay. Unit environmental and personal factors, factors that are amenable to therapeutic interventions, strongly influence the sleep experience.
Tranmer
Joan E
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Nursing Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital.
Minard
Janice
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Fox
Lee Ann
LA
Rebelo
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D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009551:Night Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009864:Ontario; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires