No rest for the weary: a cross-sectional study comparing patients’ sleep in the emergency department to those on the ward
| Autor: | Etimbuk Umana, Richard Prendiville, Gloria Avalos, Brian McNicholl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Patient Transfer medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 03 medical and health sciences Patient Admission 0302 clinical medicine Patients' Rooms Humans Medicine In patient Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive impairment Aged business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged Continuous data Hospitalization Cross-Sectional Studies Patient Satisfaction Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Female Sleep (system call) Emergency Service Hospital Noise Sleep business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 37:42-44 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| Popis: | BackgroundBoarding in emergency departments (EDs) is a persistent problem worldwide. We hypothesised that patients sleeping while being boarded in EDs have worse self-rated sleep than those admitted from EDs who sleep on the ward.MethodsProspective cross-sectional study conducted at the University College Hospital, Galway between October and November 2016. Self-rated sleep in patients boarded in EDs from 23:00 to 07:00 was compared with those admitted to the ward before 23:00. Patients rated their sleep using the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. Patients were excluded if they had cognitive impairment, were unable or incapacitated or had evidence of alcohol or drug use in the previous 24 hours. Continuous data are shown as medians (IQRs 25th–75th percentiles). Linear regression models of log-transformed outcome variables were performed.ResultsNinety-three patients were included and 22 were excluded. Patients who boarded in the ED were significantly more likely to be medical patients (78% vs 21%, pConclusionWe found those who sleep boarded in EDs have worse self-rated sleep than those who sleep on the ward. |
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