Sleep for hospital inpatients: Evaluation of the Implementation of routine sleep assessment and a sleep protocol

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Sleep quality
Public Health - Health service research

Registration Number: ACTRN12624000661572

Lead Sponsor: orthern Sydney Local Health District

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Patient participants
*Adult patients (age 18 years or older)
*Any diagnosis
*Treated in the study ward for more than one night (and >24 hours)
*Sufficient English language comprehension to complete the sleep assessment instruments
Nurse participants
*Permanently employed registered and enrolled nurses working a rotating roster i.e., both day and night shifts providing direct care to patients in the study ward
Medical doctor participants
*Working in the speciality provided in the study ward

Exclusion Criteria

Patient participants
*Documented pre-existing sleep disorder
*Cognitive impairment (assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method)
*Glasgow Coma Scale score is <14
Nurse participants
*Nurses working during the day only
*Students
*Temporarily deployed/employed
Medical doctor participants
*Temporarily employed

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Completion rates of sleep assessment (occasions of routine sleep assessment in patient electronic record)[Number of times routine sleep assessment is recorded (this will be obtained from the electronic medical record) Trends in the rate that the sleep assessment is recorded will be examined weekly during the implementation period (6 to 12 months)<br>A primary endpoint is not specified]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient reported sleep quality[Richards Campbell Sleep Questionnaire and a likert 5-item categorical scale 50 patients will report their sleep quality during phase 1 before the implementation phase and after implementation 50 (different) patients will be asked to report their sleep quality<br>Patients will report their sleep quality (and barriers and facilitators of sleep) for one night after first providing informed written consent. ]