The Sleep Experience of Medical and Surgical Patients

Joan E. Tranmer, Janice Minard, Lee Ann Fox and L. Rebelo

Clinical Nursing Research, 2003, vol. 12, issue 2, 159-173

Abstract: This study described and compared the sleep experience of medical and surgical patients during a hospital stay. During 3 consecutive nights, patients ( n = 110) self-reported sleep quality using the Verran and Snyder Sleep Scale (VSH) and potentially disruptive factors using items from the Factors Influencing Sleep Questionnaire (FISQ). Surgical patients, on the first night, received more procedural care ( p = .001), less sedative medication ( p

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773803012002004

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