Search Tag: sleep
Nurses’ Sleep Deprivation Impacts Patient Outcomes
2019 12 Dec
Before work days, nurses sleep 83 minutes fewer than on their days off, which negatively impacts patient safety and care. According to a new study (Witkoski Stimpfel et al. 2019) published in Sleep Health , the journal of the National Sleep Foundation (USA), nurses get under 7 hours of sleep prior to their shifts. You may also like:... Read more
Daily Social Media Use Linked to Poor Sleep Patterns
2019 29 Oct
Spending three or more hours a day on social media is associated with poor sleep patterns, such as falling asleep after 11 pm on school nights and waking during the night, among UK teens, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open . The findings "provide rigorous and meaningful evidence to inform practice and policy to support... Read more
What's Keeping You Up at Night?
2019 07 Aug
Millions of people suffer from sleep disorders, commonly attributed to health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure etc. Also, the use of alcohol, nicotine and caffeine have been thought to cause lack of sleep. However, studies researching this have previously not accounted for diversity in ethnicity or race, or are objective... Read more
Managing delirium in the ICU with sleep guardians
2019 14 Mar
Sleep guardians - a quality improvement initiative at the Lancashire and South Cumbria Critical Care Network (LSCCCN) to reduce and implement change while managing delirium in critical care patients Introduction Up to 85% of critical care patients may experience some form of delirium, but it can be very easily missed (Inouye et al.... Read more
Optimising sleep in the ICU
2018 16 Oct
Disordered sleep is common in ICU patients. While many of the reasons for this are impossible to modify, and others rely on improvement in the underlying condition, many directly depend on the actions of the treating team: for example, exposure to noise, timing of therapeutic procedures, tapering of sedating drug doses, and daytime mobilisation.... Read more
Earplugs Are Effective in Reducing Risk of Delirium
2016 25 Jan
A systematic review of the use of earplugs to reduce delirium in intensive care patients has found that they significantly reduce the risk of delirium. The review, by Edward Litton, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St John of God Hospital Subiaco , Australia and colleagues is published in Critical Care Medicine . The review analysed data from... Read more
Sleep in the ICU: Cochrane Review of Non-Drug Interventions
2015 23 Oct
A systematic review finds no clear evidence on the effectiveness of different non-pharmacological interventions — including noise reduction, music therapy and social support — for improving sleep in critically ill adults in the ICU. The results are discussed in an article published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). Sleep is essential... Read more
Work Time Control Enhances Physicians' Sleep and Wellbeing
2015 05 Jan
Physicians' work schedules are an important determinant of their own wellbeing and that of their patients. A new study published in Applied Ergonomics aimed to determine whether allowing physicians control over their work hours ameliorates the effects of demanding work schedules. Based on the results, optimising the balance between schedule flexibility... Read more
Interventions Bundle Can Improve Sleep in the ICU
2014 08 Jul
Sleep deprivation in intensive care patients is common, and may be associated with delirium. A UK study recently published in Anaesthesia set out to find out if implementing a bundle of non-pharmacological interventions, including environmental noise and light reduction, led to improved sleep and reduced incidence of delirium. The care bundle was based... Read more