Faktorer som påverkar patienters nattsömn på sjukhus : En litteraturöversikt

Sammanfattning: 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.