Music intervention for sleep quality in critically ill and surgical patients: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sleep disruption occurs frequently in hospitalised patients. Given the potential of music intervention as a non-pharmacological measure to improve sleep quality, we aimed to assess and quantify current literature on the effect of recorded music interventions on sleep quality and quantity in the adult critical care and surgical populations.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Embase, MEDLINE Ovid, Cochrane Central, Web of Science and Google Scholar.

Eligibility criteria for studies

Randomised controlled trials assessing the effect of music on sleep quality in critically ill and surgical patients.

Methods

The electronic databases were systematically searched from 1 January 1981 to 27 January 2020. Data were screened, extracte

SUBMITTER: Kakar E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8112429 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature