Earplugs improve patients’ subjective experience of sleep in critical care

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Scotto, Carrie J ^a   McClusky, Carol ^b   Spillan, Scott ^a   Kimmel, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical interventions; Intensive care; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 69849084960     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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