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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hv-15075 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Mårtensson, Rebecka, Wallin, Niclas |
| Publisher | Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för omvårdnad - grundnivå, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för omvårdnad - grundnivå |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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