Implementation of a sleep management plan to improve the quality and quantity of sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: a before and after study (iSleep)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Poor sleep in the critically ill; Other - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000805471
• Lead Sponsor: Intensive Care Unit, John Hunter Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-06-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients, admitted to the intensive care unit, patients cognitively able to answer a survey about sleep quality and quantity in the intensive care unit, patients who give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Under 18 years of age, cardiothoracic patients, patients expected to die during ICU admission, neurological deficits that might keep patients from answering the survey, patients being mechanically ventilated.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient perception of sleep quality in the ICU. This outcome will be assessed using a standardized, validated questionnaire that has been previously reported in the medical literature. <br>The name of the questionnaire is Sleep quality in the intensive care unit,<br> reference: Little A, Ethier C. A patient survey of sleep quality in the intensive care unit. Minerva Aneasthesiol. 2012 Apr; 78 (4): 406-14.[Each day after spending a night in ICU.];Patient perception of sleep quantity in the ICU. This outcome will be assessed using a standardized, validated questionnaire that has been previously reported in the medical literature. <br>The name of the questionnaire is Sleep quality in the intensive care unit,<br> reference: Little A, Ethier C. A patient survey of sleep quality in the intensive care unit. Minerva Aneasthesiol. 2012 Apr; 78 (4): 406-14.[Each day after spending a night in ICU.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ight levels in the ICU. These will be measured using calibrated, industrial light level monitors. Measurements will be taken inside patient rooms and at nurses' station each night and the average light levels will be reported.[Night time in ICU.];Sound levels in the ICU. These will be measured using calibrated, industrial sound level monitors. Measurements will be taken inside patient rooms and at nurses' station each night and the average sound levels will be reported.[Night time in ICU.]