Intensive Care Unit Patients’ Perception of Sleep Quality and Factors of Sleep Disruption: Cross-sectional Study

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10.2991/dsahmj.k.190530.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ICU; noise; pain; sleep deprivation; sleep disturbance; sleep quality

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the etiologies of sleep deprivation among patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Sleep deprivation is a common problem that patients face while they are in the ICU. Poor sleep quality has several consequences such as weakening the immune system, irregular sleep cycle, and delirium. A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaire was performed in three medical–surgical ICU of tertiary teaching private hospitals. A modified version of sleep quality questionnaire developed by Freedman and colleagues was used to collect data from ICU patients. The questionnaire required patients to rate their overall sleep quality on a 10-point scale. A total of 30 patients participated in the study, and results showed that they perceived their overall sleep quality at home and the ICU at almost the same level. Findings also showed no differences in patients’ sleep quality during daytime and nighttime as well as during their 1^st night, middle of their stay, and toward the end of ICU stay. Heart monitor alarms were perceived by the patients as the most disrupting noise in the ICU. Statistically significant differences were detected between gender and overall sleep quality (p = 0.001), daily activities (p = 0.003), and noises (p = 0.0005). Patients who had been in the ICU for 4–7 days were found to have a statistically significant poorer sleep quality compared with other patients. Multifactorial causes, including environmental and nonenvironmental factors, can result in sleep disruption among ICU patients. Interventions and strategies should be developed to minimize sleep disruption and improve the quality of care provided to ICU patients.

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© 2019 Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Abbas Al Mutair
AU  - Abbas Shamsan
AU  - Adel AlFaqiri
AU  - Awad Al-Omari
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/06/06
TI  - Intensive Care Unit Patients’ Perception of Sleep Quality and Factors of Sleep Disruption: Cross-sectional Study
JO  - Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal
SP  - 30
EP  - 35
VL  - 1
IS  - 1-2
SN  - 2590-3349
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/dsahmj.k.190530.001
DO  - 10.2991/dsahmj.k.190530.001
ID  - AlMutair2019
ER  -