Sleep Disturbance after Hospitalization and Critical Illness: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Sleep disturbance during intensive care unit (ICU) admission is common and severe. Sleep disturbance has been observed in survivors of critical illness even after transfer out of the ICU. Not only is sleep important to overall health and well being, but patients after critical illness are also in a physiologically vulnerable state. Understanding how sleep disturbance impacts recovery from critical illness after hospital discharge is therefore clinically meaningful.

Objectives

This Systematic Review aimed to summarize studies that identify the prevalence of and risk factors for sleep disturbance after hospital discharge for critical illness survivors.

Data sources

PubMed (January 4, 2017), MEDLINE (January 4, 2017), and EMBASE (February 1, 2017).

Data extr

SUBMITTER: Altman MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711402 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature