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The Effect of Ear Plug and Eye Mask on Sleeping Quality in Critically Ill Patients

NCT02612636 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-06-07

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Summary

Sleep is a complex physiologic and behavioral process essential for rest, repair, well-being, and survival. Sleep is defined as a periodic, reversible state of cognitive and sensory disengagement from the external environment. Critically ill patients experience poor sleep quality. Surveys of ICU survivors have shown that sleep disruption, pain and intubation for mechanical ventilation are the major sources of anxiety and stress during the ICU stay. Many physiological, psychological and environmental factors contribute to the incidence of sleep disruption for the ICU patients. The primary physiologic factors documented in the literature are pain, medications and illness.The primary psychological factors documented in the literature are stress and worry. Environmental factors include noise, patient care activities and therapeutic modalities as mechanical ventilation. Our research aim will be the impact of effective interventions like use of ear plugs and eye mask on decreasing light exposure and promoting sleep in ICU patients.

Conditions

  • Sleep

Interventions

OTHER

ear plug

The patients will receive the intervention (ear plug) in the third night (N3) from 9 pm to 6 am.

OTHER

eye mask

The patients will receive the intervention (eye mask) in the second night (N2) from 9 pm to 6 am.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • sayed abd elshafy · associate professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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