Exploratory study of sleeping patterns in children admitted to hospital

Abstract

Children admitted to hospital have a higher prevalence of poor sleep compared with healthy children in the community. Children were woken frequently by both external noise and attention provided by hospital staff. Education of hospital staff about the importance of sleep for children and factors that affect children's sleep may reduce the negative impact of hospitalisation on children's sleep.

Health Effects of Noise Exposure in Children

“…However, night-time aircraft noise exposure did not increase the risk of cognitive impairment beyond the effects of day-time noise exposure in the RANC H and Munich studies [28]. Vulnerable young people may be more at risk of sleep disturbance: ill children in hospital were both more likely to have disturbed sleep before admission, probably related to existing illness and were also found to be woken by noise such as alarms, and attention of hospital staff, potentially disturbing their recovery [29].…”

Sleep quality and noise: comparisons between hospital and home settings

“…What is known about their sleep in hospital? Research using self-report sleep diaries, questionnaires and parental interview consistently indicates reduced sleep time, increased night waking and poor sleep quality in both children and co-sleeping parents 2–4. Self-reported measures can be inaccurate,5–7 but two small studies in oncology inpatients using objective measures of children’s sleep—wrist watch accelerometry or ‘actigraphy’—support these assumptions.…”

Instrumentos para avaliação do padrão de sono em crianças com doenças crônicas: revisão integrativa

“…Após leitura exaustiva dos resumos, foram excluídos todos os materiais que se encontravam em duplicidade, bem como os que não pertenciam à temática do estudo. Assim, restaram 16 artigos [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] para serem analisados em maior profundidade. O fluxograma da seleção dos estudos para a revisão integrativa é representado na Figura 1.…”

“…A maior prevalência do mau sono ocorreu em crianças com condições crônicas (61,9%). O despertar do sono estava relacionado aos cuidados de enfermagem, alarmes e dor 13 .…”