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The Effect of Eye Mask and Music on Sleep Quality and Delirium in Patients Monitored in Intensive Care Unit

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Abdominal Surgery
Interventions
Behavioral: Eye patch
Registration Number
NCT06268158
Lead Sponsor
TC Erciyes University
Brief Summary

After abdominal surgery, most patients experience problems such as respiratory complications, surgical wound infection, cardiac problems, renal failure, delirium, and insomnia, along with surgical trauma and underlying comorbidities. Postoperative delirium (POD) is an adverse postoperative complication that can occur in patients of all ages, from children to the elderly. Effective non-pharmacological treatment approaches for delirium include using an orientation board, calendar, clock, ensuring hydration, improving sleep quality, therapeutic activities, providing companionship of family members, and building private rooms. This study conducted as a randomized controlled and experimental study to determine the effect of eye patch and music on sleep quality and delirium in patients followed after abdominal surgery in the surgical intensive care unit.

It was planned to include a total of 34 patients who underwent abdominal surgery, 17 in the experimental group and 17 in the control group.Considering possible sample loss, the study was completed with 45 patients, 21 in the experimental group and 24 in the control group.

During the data collection phase, the Patient Information Form, Richard-Campbell Sleep Scale, Nursing Delirium Screening Scale and Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale, were used.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
45
Inclusion Criteria
  • Those who have had abdominal surgery
  • Those who volunteer to participate in the research
  • Those who are over 18 years old
  • Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale -1, 0, +1
  • Those who have been in intensive care for at least 3 days
  • No communication problems (language, hearing impairment, etc.)
  • No mental problems
  • Patients who do not use sleeping pills or sedating drugs and who do not have alcohol or substance addiction will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Those who experience blood loss and fluid electrolyte imbalance after surgery
  • There are contraindications to the use of eye masks (for example, head trauma),
  • Patients with delirium before or after surgery will not be included in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention groupEye patchPatients in the experimental group will wear an eye patch after 22:00, when clinical interventions are less frequent, and will be listened to calming music once a day for 1 hour for 3 days.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Richard-Campbell Sleep Scaleday 1 and 4 of the study

It is a scale consisting of 6 items that evaluate the depth of night sleep, the time it takes to fall asleep, the frequency of waking up, the time spent awake when waking up, the quality of sleep and the noise level in the environment. The 6th item, which evaluates the noise level in the environment, is excluded from the total score evaluation.

Each item is evaluated on a chart between 0 and 100 using the visual analog scale technique. A score between "0-25" from the scale indicates very poor sleep, and a score between "76-100" indicates very good sleep.

Nursing Delirium Screening Scaleday 1 and 4 of the study

The scale consists of 5 items, including disorientation, inappropriate behavior, inappropriate communication, illusion-hallucination and slowing down of psychomotor behaviors. Each item in the scale receives a value between 0 and 2 points, and the total score varies between 0 and 10. A score of two and above indicates delirium.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scaleday 1

It is a 10-point scale with four levels indicating anxiety and agitation (1-4), one level indicating calm and alertness (0), and five levels indicating sedation stages (-1;-5). Richmond agitation sedation scale scores range from +4 to -5. Positive RASS scores indicate agitated patients, negative scores indicate sedated or comatose patients.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Erciyes University

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Kayseri, Talas, Turkey

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