Subjective sleep quality and its etiology in the emergency department.
CJEM
; 21(2): 249-252, 2019 03.
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| ID: mdl-29886848
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Patient sleep quality has a significant impact on recovery. However, most hospital units do not provide an optimal environment for sleep and there are currently no data available on how well patients sleep during their emergency department stay. The main objective of this study was to assess the subjective quality of nighttime sleep and factors that affect sleep in the emergency department (ED).METHODS:
A prospective sample of patients aged 18 years and older who presented to the ED from July 2015 to October 2015 was investigated. All participants were on stretcher and slept at least one night in the ED. Participants were asked to complete a sleep questionnaire adapted to the ED environment on sleep quality and its potentially modifying factors.RESULTS:
A total of 235 patients participated in the study (mean age 64±20 years, 51% women). Compared to the week at home prior to admission, subjective sleep quality was lower in the ED (p<0.001) almost half the participants took more than 30 minutes to fall asleep, and they reported waking up 3.5 times per night on average. Lower subjective sleep quality in the ED was associated with higher stress, noise, and pain, as well as with stretcher comfort and lower home sleep quality the week prior to admission.CONCLUSIONS:
Subjective sleep quality in the emergency department is not optimal, and is influenced by stress, noise, pain, and stretcher comfort, all potentially modifiable factors.Palavras-chave
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Distúrbios do Início e da Manutenção do Sono
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En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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