Can we let our patients sleep in the hospital? A randomized controlled trial of a pragmatic sleep protocol in surgical oncology patients
Kathrine Kelly,
Hordur Kolbeinsson,
Lauren M. Blanck
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundPostoperative inpatients experience increased stress due to pain and poor restorative sleep than non‐surgical inpatients.Objectives and MethodsA total of 101 patients, undergoing major oncologic surgery, were randomized to a postoperative sleep protocol (n = 50) or standard postoperative care (n = 51), between August 2020 and November 2021. The primary endpoint of the study was postoperative sleep time after major oncologic surgery. Sleep time and steps were measured using a Fitbit Charge 4®.ResultsT… Show more
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