Effects of intensive care unit noise on patients: A study on coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1581-1590

  Akansel, Neriman ^a   Kaymakçi, Şenay ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decibel; Disturbance; Intensive care unit; Noise; Nurses; Nursing; Patient

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 43849084215     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02144.x     Document Type: Article

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