Effect of Non-pharmacological Interventions on Sleep Quality within Medical-Surgical Units
Disciplines
Critical Care Nursing | Family Practice Nursing | Geriatric Nursing | Other Nursing | Palliative Nursing
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Abstract
Excessive noise on an adult medical-surgical unit greatly impacts the quality of sleep of the patients. Sleep helps to promote healing, and without proper sleep it can increase the amount of time it takes to recover. Noises on the hospital floors are exceeding the recommendations by WHO with noise levels reaching up to 103.3 dB (Delaney, et.al., 2018). Poor sleep quality for hospitalized patients can lead to poor outcomes from the treatment given (Kulpatcharapong, et. al., 2020). Up to 57% of sleep deprivation among patients on hospital floors come from environmental noises, including the equipment (Narsari, et. al., 2018). There was a statistically significant difference in the quality of sleep for the patients compared to that in their own home (Wesselius, et. al., 2018). The use of additional therapy significantly increased the sleep quality of patients (Senturk & Tekinsoy Kartin, 2018). The study will take place on medical-surgical floors for every coherent patient who plans to spend at least four nights at the hospital. The study will run for 6 months. Assessment will be collected from the patients who fill out the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) before leaving the hospital. The patients will spend two nights of their stay with no interventions to receive a baseline sleep quality level in the hospital. The patients will take the RCSQ based on these two nights. After night two, the patients will be played white noise in the background while sleeping for two more nights before taking the RCSQ again, and then again, every four additional nights spent in the hospital. The results of the questionnaire will be documented and evaluated at the end of the 6-month study. The white noise while sleeping will be considered efficient if the RCSQ scores increase with the use of the intervention.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Wellstar College Of Health and Human Services-Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Dr. Christie Emerson
Additional Faculty
Sena Able, Nursing, sable@kennesaw.edu
Effect of Non-pharmacological Interventions on Sleep Quality within Medical-Surgical Units
Abstract
Excessive noise on an adult medical-surgical unit greatly impacts the quality of sleep of the patients. Sleep helps to promote healing, and without proper sleep it can increase the amount of time it takes to recover. Noises on the hospital floors are exceeding the recommendations by WHO with noise levels reaching up to 103.3 dB (Delaney, et.al., 2018). Poor sleep quality for hospitalized patients can lead to poor outcomes from the treatment given (Kulpatcharapong, et. al., 2020). Up to 57% of sleep deprivation among patients on hospital floors come from environmental noises, including the equipment (Narsari, et. al., 2018). There was a statistically significant difference in the quality of sleep for the patients compared to that in their own home (Wesselius, et. al., 2018). The use of additional therapy significantly increased the sleep quality of patients (Senturk & Tekinsoy Kartin, 2018). The study will take place on medical-surgical floors for every coherent patient who plans to spend at least four nights at the hospital. The study will run for 6 months. Assessment will be collected from the patients who fill out the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) before leaving the hospital. The patients will spend two nights of their stay with no interventions to receive a baseline sleep quality level in the hospital. The patients will take the RCSQ based on these two nights. After night two, the patients will be played white noise in the background while sleeping for two more nights before taking the RCSQ again, and then again, every four additional nights spent in the hospital. The results of the questionnaire will be documented and evaluated at the end of the 6-month study. The white noise while sleeping will be considered efficient if the RCSQ scores increase with the use of the intervention.