Feasibility and efficacy of an aroma therapeutic nurse led intervention to promote sleep in the critically ill – a randomised controlled pilot study
- Conditions
- F51.0F51.1F51.2F51.8F51.9Nonorganic insomniaNonorganic hypersomniaNonorganic disorder of the sleep-wake scheduleOther nonorganic sleep disordersNonorganic sleep disorder, unspecified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00012646
- Lead Sponsor
- Pflegedirektorin, Universitätsklinukum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Given consent, at least 1 night at the intensive care unit, no continuous analgesic sedation, no regularly application of benzodiazepines, hypnotics or neuroleptic agents at night. Stay in a single bedroom, sufficient knowledge of German to understand the aim and course of the study, to give consent and to be able to answer the RCSQ).
Sedated (RASS=-4/-5) and delirious patients (CAM –ICU +) will be excluded (the latter assessment are regularly used at the participating icu`s). Furthermore, patients with dementia, bronchial asthma, acute exacerbation of copd and or bronchial hyperreactivity and an insufficient knowledge of the German language. Another exclusion criterion is an allergic reaction of one of the used oils.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -Objective Measurement of sleep depth and length using the Bispectral Index (BIS™ 2-Kanal Monitor /Medtronic GmbH) during 11.00-05.00 p.m. <br><br>-Self-perception of the participant will be assessed the following morning(between 09.00-11.00 a.m.), using the German version of the Richards Campbell Sleep Questionnaire<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of participants in regard of the perceived effectiveness of the intervention,<br>Characteristics,<br>Demographics,<br>Process evaluation