Publication: Sleep quality among inpatients of Spanish public hospitals
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Bellon, Filip ; Stremler, Robyn ; Rubinat‑Arnaldo, Esther ; Padilla‑Martínez, Julia M. ; Casado‑Ramírez, Elvira ; Sánchez Ortuño, María Montserrat ; Gea‑Sánchez, Montserrat ; Martin‑Vaquero, Yolanda ; Moreno‑Casbas, Teresa ; Abad‑Corpa, Eva
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Nature Research
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© The Author(s) 2022. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Scientific Reports. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26412-7
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Sleep is a complex process and is needed both in health and illness. Deprivation of sleep is known to have multiple negative physiological efects on people’s bodies and minds. Despite the awareness of these harmful efects, previous studies have shown that sleep is poor among hospitalised patients. We utilized an observational design with 343 patients recruited from medical and surgical units in 12 hospitals located in nine Spanish regions. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients were collected. Sleep quality at admission and during hospitalisation was measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Sleep quantity was selfreported by patients in hours and minutes. Mean PSQI score before and during hospitalisation were respectively 8.62± 4.49 and 11.31 ± 4.04. Also, inpatients slept about an hour less during their hospital stay. Lower educational level, sedative medication intake, and multimorbidity was shown to be associated with poorer sleep quality during
hospitalisation. A higher level of habitual physical activity has shown to correlate positively with sleep quality in hospital. Our study showed poor sleep quality and quantity of inpatients and a drastic deterioration of sleep in hospital versus at home. These results may be helpful in drawing attention to patients’ sleep in hospitals and encouraging interventions to improve sleep.
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