Noise in hospital rooms and sleep disturbance in hospitalized medical patients

Noise in hospital rooms and sleep disturbance in hospitalized medical patients

OBJECTIVES Hospitalized patients are vulnerable to sleep disturbances because of environmental stresses including noise. While most previous studies on hospital noise and sleep have been performed for medical machines in intensive care units, there is a limited data for patients hospitalized in medical wardrooms. The purpose of present study was to measure noise level of medical wardrooms, iden...

Noise pollution and sleep disturbance among Neyshabur Hospital staff, Iran (2015)

Background: Noise pollution is the third most dangerous risk factor for human health after air and water pollution. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of noise pollution on sleep disturbance among Neyshabur governmental teaching hospital staff, Iran, in 2015. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in winter 2015. The sample size was 261 people from 2 hosp...

Sleep Disturbance in Travelers

Sleep in hospitalized medical patients, part 1: factors affecting sleep.

BACKGROUND Multiple factors lead to sleep disturbances in hospitalized medical patients. Inadequate sleep can lead to both psychological and physiological consequences. METHODS A PubMed search was conducted using the terms: ("sleep deprivation," "sleep," or "insomnia") and ("hospitalized," "inpatient," "critical illness," or "acute illness") to review the published data on the topic of sleep ...

Noise and health--sleep disturbance in adults.

UNLABELLED Factors modifying the effect of environmental noise on sleep include sex, age, susceptibility, personality and the health status, including past and present history of disease. OBJECTIVE The effects of noise on sleep and habituation of sleep to noise were summarized. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS 1) The effect of noise on sleep is associated with physical changes, such as changes in he...