Evaluation of an intervention to improve post-operative sleep and pain control in orthopaedic patients at night.
Completed
- Conditions
- Post operative painSigns and Symptoms
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN53142541
- Lead Sponsor
- HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 417
Inclusion Criteria
1. Two matched orthopaedic wards at a large teaching hospital
2. Elective and trauma patients
3. Aged 18+ years
Exclusion Criteria
1. Permanent night-shift workers
2. Suffering concomitant terminal disease
3. Confused or cognitively impaired
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outcomes of night-time pain control will be elicited from patients using verbal rating scales, reports of sleep and analgesic provision.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration