Influence of nursing intervention on sleep quality of postoperative elderly patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2009.04.093
- VernacularTitle:护理干预对老年患者术后睡眠质量的影响
- Author:
Liping ZHANG
;
Xiaoping YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nursing intervention;
Sleep disorders;
Elderly patient;
Postoperation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2009;25(12):20-21
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the impact of nursing intervention on the sleep quality of postoperative elderly patients who had sleep disorder. Methods 260 cases of postoperative elderly patients with sleep dis-orders were randomly divided into the experimental groupand the control group with 130 cases in each group. Conventional care was given to the control group, the experimental group received appropriate nursing interven-tion such as psychological nursing, rehabilitation,etc. Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was used to evaluat-ed sleep quality of two groups before and after intervention, t test was adopted. Results No difference was seen in each sleep index in the two groups. While each index evidently alleviated after intervention in the ex-perimental group and was better than those of the control group. Conclusions Nursing interventions have certain effects on improving sleep quality of postoperative elderly patients with sleep disorders.
