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- Title
Relationships among sleep dimensions and factors that impair sleep after cardiac surgery.
- Authors
Simpson, Terri; Lee, Eleanor Rayshan; Cameron, Cheryl
- Abstract
Factors associated with the attempted length, disturbance, effectiveness, and nap supplementation of sleep were analyzed in 97 patients recovering from cardiac surgery a few days before hospital discharge. Patients rated sleep for the prior night and factors that impaired their sleep after transfer from the critical care unit. The group averaged little sleep, with moderate disturbance and effectiveness and low nap supplementation. The disturbance, effectiveness, and attempted length of sleep were associated with an inability to perform their usual routine before sleep, inability to get comfortable, pain, noises, procedural care, and an unfamiliar bed. Patients encounter difficulties with sleep, even near discharge from the hospital. Interventions should be tested to mitigate specific factors that affect selected dimensions of sleep. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Publication
Research in Nursing & Health, 1996, Vol 19, Issue 3, p213
- ISSN
0160-6891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199606)19:3<213::AID-NUR5>3.0.CO;2-N