An investigation of sleep monitoring techniques and the impact of the clinical environment on Intensive Care patients sleep.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Sleep disturbance; Sleep fragmentation; Sleep monitoring; Clinical environment; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000945527
• Lead Sponsor: Assistant Professor Lori Delaney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 67

Inclusion Criteria

Over 18 years of age.
Admission to intensive care anticipated to be greater than 24 hours.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be ineligible for the study if the treating ICU consultant determines the patient to:
1. Have significant neurological injury (Intra-cranial pressure >20mmHg in the past 24 hours, neurosurgical intervention in the past 3 days),
2. If patients are not suspected to survive for more than 24 hours,
3. Admissions with a confirmed or suspected drug overdose,
4. Patients who have been administered administered paralyzing agents within the past 24 hours,
5. Patients requiring a barbiturate infusion,
6. Patients admitted with a primary seizure disorder or assessed has having seizure activity,
7. Patients who are receiving palliative care or treatment withdrawal,
8. Patients with a known past medical history of Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s Disease,
9. Inadequate English language skills,
10. Facial injuries that prohibit the placement of the PSG electrodes,
11. Injuries that preclude the application of actigraphy,
12. Patients with known spinal cord injury or neuromuscular dege nerative conditions such as Guillain Barrre Syndrome, and
13. Clinically suspected encephalopathies: septic encephalopathy, hepatic encephalopathy or uremic encephalopathy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified