Faktorer som påverkar patienters nattsömn på sjukhus: En litteraturöversikt
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Factors that affects patient's night sleep in hospitals : A literature review (English)
Abstract [en]
Background: Sleep is one of mankind's basic needs and important for the experience of health, as well as essential for the patient's ability to recover. Lack of sleep has a negative effect on the ability to recover from the consequences of illness. Patients states that they have a negative quality of sleep during hospital stay.
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe factors that influencing the night sleep of patients during hospital stay.
Method: An overview of the literature was performed. Six quantitative, three qualitative and two mixed-method studies were included.
Results: Two main categories emerged, which were; Environmental factors and physical- and psychological factors. The result showed that patients experienced environmental factor such as noise and lights, comfort and routines. Physical- and psychological factors experienced by patients was symptoms, anxiety and thoughts and also nurse's bedside manners.
Conclusion: Nurses bedside manners have significant importance for patient's ability to experience a quality sleep. The result shows that factors affecting patients sleep are possible to influence and alter in order to enable best possible sleep for patients during hospital stay.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 18
Keywords [en]
Hospital stay, literature overview, nursing care, patients, sleep quality
Keywords [sv]
Sjukhusvistelse, litteraturöversikt, omvårdnad, patienter, sömnkvalitet
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-15075Local ID: EXO502OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-15075DiVA, id: diva2:1415700
Subject / course
Nursing science
Educational program
Nursing Programme
Supervisors
Examiners
2020-04-032020-03-192020-06-09Bibliographically approved