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01-08-2013 | Original Article

Factors that affect sleep quality: perceptions made by patients in the intensive care unit after thoracic surgery

Authors: Lei Zhang, Yong Sheng Sha, Qing Qing Kong, Jennifer Ai-lian Woo, Adam R Miller, Hong Wei Li, Li Xin Zhou, Yi Zhou, Chang Li Wang

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 8/2013

Abstract

Objective

This study identifies factors affecting sleep patterns among thoracic surgery patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and compares the perceptions of sleep-disturbing factors between nurses and patients.

Methods

One hundred and fifty-two patients and 40 nurses were surveyed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and self-designed questionnaires (for patients and nurses). All statistical analyses were carried out by SPSS, and the following statistical methods were used to evaluate the data: chi-squared test and logistic regression.

Results

Of 152 patients, 46.1 % reported poor sleep quality during their hospitalization; their PSQI total score was 6.95 ± 3.713. Of these, 69.1 % indicated that their sleep quality was poorer than before; 50.0 % of them changed their sleep patterns. Significant discrepancies exist between nurses and patients in the perceptions of sleep-disturbing factors of patients.

Conclusion

Thoracic surgical patients’ perceptions of their sleep in the ICU indicate poor sleep quality, which is decided by a variety of disturbing factors. Perceptions of these factors varied greatly between surveyed patients and nurses.

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Title: Factors that affect sleep quality: perceptions made by patients in the intensive care unit after thoracic surgery
Authors: Lei Zhang
Yong Sheng Sha
Qing Qing Kong
Jennifer Ai-lian Woo
Adam R Miller
Hong Wei Li
Li Xin Zhou
Yi Zhou
Chang Li Wang
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 8/2013
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-1754-2

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