A multicentre point prevalence study of nocturnal hours awake and enteral pharmacological sleep aids in patients admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Critically ill patients suffer disrupted sleep. Hypnotic medications may improve sleep; however, local epidemiological data regarding the amount of nocturnal time awake and the use of such medications is needed.

Design

Point prevalence study.

Setting

Adult ICUs in Australia and New Zealand.

Participants

All adult patients admitted to participating Intensive Care Units (ICUs) on the study day.

Main outcome measures

Time awake overnight (22:00-06:00) was determined by structured nurse observation. The use of enterally administered sedative-hypnotic drugs prior to and during ICU admission was recorded, as was the use of a unit policy and non-pharmacological sleep promotion strategies.

Results

Data were available for 532 patients admitted to

SUBMITTER: Showler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440063 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature