Pharmacological interventions to improve sleep in hospitalised adults: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients often suffer from disturbed sleep in hospital. Poor-quality sleep in hospitalised patients has been associated with significant morbidity and pharmacological sleep aids are often prescribed. The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions used for sleep in hospitalised patients.

Setting/participants

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane database and grey literature for prospective studies that evaluated sleep in hospitalised adults after a pharmacological intervention.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Two reviewers assessed studies for inclusion and extracted data for efficacy outcomes, including sleep efficiency, sleep latency, sleep fragmentation and objectively

SUBMITTER: Kanji S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4986185 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature