Sleep Quality and Related Factors in Surgical Intensive Care Patients

Abstract

Objective:This study determined the sleep quality of surgical intensive care patients and the affecting factors.Materials and Methods:This descriptive study was conducted from April 2021 to January 2022 in the surgical intensive care unit of the university hospital. One hundred participants who met the inclusion criteria were included. The researcher completed the patient descriptive form and The Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) by face-to-face interview.Results:The RCSQ total score of the patients was 39.3±14.4. Age, type of surgical performed, pain severity, stress score and environmental factors (lights of the intensive care setting, device sounds, ambient odor, ambient temperature, voices of other patients, and conversations of the intensive care unit staff) affected the quality of sleep of patients.Conclusion:Patients had poor sleep quality in the intensive care unit. Increasing the awareness of nurses and intensive care team members about the factors disrupting sleep quality and possible solutions, transferring the solutions to the clinic, and evaluating the results may improve the sleep quality of patients.

Keywords

• intensive care
• nursing
• quality of sleep
• patient
• surgery