How does the ICU environment affect patient sleep?
- Conditions
- Sleep deprivation in ICUMental Health - Other mental health disordersPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12619000919112
- Lead Sponsor
- The Prince Charles Hospital Critical Care Research Group
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
•Adult patients (age greater than or equal to 18 years)
•Admitted to the bed-spaces where environmental measurements are being undertaken
•Written informed consent by patient or legally authorized person
•Age <18 years
•Unable or unwilling to provide consent to participate
•Deeply and moderately sedated patients (RASS score -3, -4 or -5)
•General anaesthetic, drug overdose or alcohol intoxication in the preceding 24 hours
•Death is deemed imminent
•Brain death
•Cardiovascular instability as determined clinically by the treating therapist or medical staff
•Patients who are deemed to be agitated, aggressive or display unpredictable behaviours
•Patients with open sternums
•Patients with an active infection by a resistant organism
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sleep quality (composite primary outcome) and duration will be objectively measured over a 24 hour period determined by PSG (overnight) and actigraphy (24 hour period).[A one off assessment after informed consent obtained.];Perceived quality of sleep determined by validated questionnaires (Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) & sleep in the ICU questionnaire).[RCSQ will be completed the morning after PSG was completed.<br>Sleep in the ICU questionnaire will be completed on discharge from ICU.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Environmental factors that disrupt patient's sleep, determined by sensors capturing continuous sound, light, temperature and motion monitoring in the patient's bed-space.[A one off assessment after informed consent obtained.]