Evaluation of Nonpharmacologic Interventions and Sleep Outcomes in Hospitalized Medical and Surgical Patients: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Inadequate sleep negatively affects patients' physical health, mental well-being, and recovery. Nonpharmacologic interventions are recommended as first-choice treatment. However, studies evaluating the interventions are often of poor quality and show equivocal results.

Objective

To assess whether the implementation of nonpharmacologic interventions is associated with improved inpatient night sleep.

Design, setting, and participants

In a nonrandomized controlled trial, patients were recruited on the acute medical unit and medical and surgical wards of a Dutch academic hospital. All adults who spent exactly 1 full night in the hospital were recruited between September 1, 2019, and May 31, 2020 (control group), received usual care. Patients recruited between S

SUBMITTER: van den Ende ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494194 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature