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Awakenings? Patient and Hospital Staff Perceptions of Nighttime Disruptions and Their Effect on Patient Sleep

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Grossman, Mila N., Anderson, Samantha L., Worku, Aelaf, Marsack, William, Desai, Nimit, Tuvilleja, Ambrosio, Ramos, Jacqueline, Francisco, Mary Ann +6 more·2017·Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

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Study objectives Although important to recovery, sleeping in the hospital is difficult because of disruptions. Understanding how patients, hospital physicians, and nurses perceive sleep disruptions and identifying which disruptions are associated with objective sleep loss can help target improvement initiatives.Methods Patients and hospital staff completed the Potential Hospital Sleep Disruptions and Noises Questionnaire (PHSDNQ). Cutoff points were defined based on means, and responses were dichotomized. Perceived percent disrupted for each item was calculated, and responses were compared across groups using chi-square tests. Objective sleep time of patients was measured using wrist actigraphy. The association between patient-reported disruptions and objective sleep time was assessed using a multivariable linear regression model controlling for subject random effects.Results Twenty-eight physicians (78%), 37 nurses (88%), and 166 of their patients completed the PHSDNQ. Patients, physicians, and nurses agreed that pain, vital signs and tests were the top three disrupters to patient sleep. Significant differences among the groups' perceptions existed for alarms [24% (patients) vs. 46% (physicians) vs. 27% (nurses), p < 0.040], room temperature (15% vs. 0% vs. 5%, p < 0.031) and anxiety (18% vs. 21% vs. 38%, p < 0.031). Using survey and actigraphy data from 645 nights and 379 patients, the presence of pain was the only disruption associated with lower objective sleep duration (minutes) [-38.1 (95% confidence interval -63.2, -12.9) p < 0.003].Conclusion Hospital staff and patients agreed that pain, vital signs and tests were top sleep disrupters. However, pain was associated with the greatest objective sleep loss, highlighting the need for proactive screening and management of patient pain to improve sleep in hospitals.

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Grossman, M. N., Anderson, S. L., Worku, A., Marsack, W., Desai, N., Tuvilleja, A., Ramos, J., Francisco, M. A., Lafond, C., Balachandran, J. S., Mokhlesi, B., Farnan, J. M., Meltzer, D. O., & Arora, V. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Columbia St. Mary's Hospital (US)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Published
2017-02-15
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
301-306
ISSN
  • 1550-9389 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9397
OpenAlex
W2588455485
Cited by
73
References
21
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (T35AG029795)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R25HL116372)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
Keywords
patient sleep, pain, nurses' perceptions, physician perceptions, room temperature, anxiety, hospital noise
MeSH terms
Aged, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Health, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Male, Medical Staff, Hospital, Middle Aged, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Personnel, Hospital, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep, Time Factors, Actigraphy

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