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- Title
The influence of care interventions on the continuity of sleep of intensive care unit patients.
- Authors
Luiza Hamze, Fernanda; Chaves de Souza, Cristiane; Couto Machado Chianca, Tânia
- Abstract
Objective: to identify care interventions, performed by the health team, and their influence on the continuity of sleep of patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit. Method: descriptive study with a sample of 12 patients. A filming technique was used for the data collection. The awakenings from sleep were measured using the actigraphy method. The analysis of the data was descriptive, processed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. Results: 529 care interventions were identified, grouped into 28 different types, of which 12 (42.8%) caused awakening from sleep for the patients. A mean of 44.1 interventions/patient/day was observed, with 1.8 interventions/patient/hour. The administration of oral medicine and food were the interventions that caused higher frequencies of awakenings in the patients. Conclusion: it was identified that the health care interventions can harm the sleep of ICU patients. It is recommended that health professionals rethink the planning of interventions according to the individual demand of the patients, with the diversification of schedules and introduction of new practices to improve the quality of sleep of Intensive Care Unit patients.
- Subjects
ACTIGRAPHY; HEALTH facilities; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; INTENSIVE care units; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL quality control; NOISE; NURSE-patient relationships; NURSING; SLEEP; SLEEP deprivation; VIDEO recording; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; GLASGOW Coma Scale; NURSING interventions
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2015, Vol 23, Issue 5, p789
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0104-1169.0514.2616