"They can rest at home": an observational study of patients' quality of sleep in an Australian hospital

Poor sleep is known to adversely affect hospital patients' recovery and rehabilitation. The aim of the study was to investigate the perceived duration and quality of patient sleep and identify any environmental factors associated with patient-reported poor sleep in hospital. A cross-sectional s...

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Published in:BMC health services research 2018-07, Vol.18 (1), p.524-524, Article 524
Main Authors: Delaney, Lori J, Currie, Marian J, Huang, Hsin-Chia Carol, Lopez, Violeta, Van Haren, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Australia
Circadian rhythm
Clinical care
Critical care
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Accuracy
Data collection
Environmental monitoring
Environmental stressor
Female
Health aspects
Health services
Hospital
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Humidity
Humidity - adverse effects
Inpatients - psychology
Intensive care
Interviews
Lighting
Lighting - adverse effects
Lighting - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medical
Melatonin
Middle Aged
Missing data
Monitoring, Physiologic
Noise
Noise - adverse effects
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Staff
Observational studies
Patient care
Patients
Perception
Perceptions
Prospective Studies
Quality
Self Report
Sleep
Sleep - physiology
Temperature
Tertiary Care Centers - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Poor sleep is known to adversely affect hospital patients' recovery and rehabilitation. The aim of the study was to investigate the perceived duration and quality of patient sleep and identify any environmental factors associated with patient-reported poor sleep in hospital. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 15 clinical units within a 672-bed tertiary-referral hospital in Australia. Semi-structured interviews to determine perceptions of sleep quantity and quality and factors that disturb nocturnal sleep were conducted with patients and nursing staff. Environmental noise, light and temperature were monitored overnight, with concurrent logging of noise sources by observers. Patients reported a mean reduction in hospital sleep duration, compared to home, of 1.8 h (5.3 vs. 7.1 h; p 
ISSN:1472-6963
1472-6963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-018-3201-z