Attitudes and knowledge of nurses working at night and sleep promotion in nursing home residents: multicenter cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep disturbances are common in nursing home residents and challenging for their nurses. Knowledge about sleep and sleep promoting factors is essential to provide adequate sleep management, where nurses play a key role. Therefore, nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards sleep and sleep promoting interventions is important as enabling or inhibiting factor for successful sleep management.

Methods

A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses working wholly or partially at night in nursing homes in Germany. Data were collected between February and April 2021 via online or paper and pencil questionnaires, comprising 56 items. Nursing homes were recruited through existing cooperation with the study centers as well as via nursing home registers.

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SUBMITTER: Wilfling D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066004 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature