Patients' Sleep at the Intensive Care Unit

Patients' Sleep at the Intensive Care Unit

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate patient-nurse reliability and agreement of the Richards-Campbell sleep questionnaire (RCSQ) in a population of medical intensive care unit patients.

The main instrument of this research is the Richards Campbell Sleeping Questionnaire (RCSQ) regarding patients' overnight sleep quality. This questionnaire is given to complete to eligible patients between 7 am and 10 am. The same questionnaire is given to the night-shift nurse between 7 am and 7:30 am, who was taking care of that particular patient overnight. This RCQS assessment is based solely on each nurse´s perception of the patient´s sleep quality last night. Neither the nurse nor the patient know each other´s RCSQ response.

Inclusion Criteria:

• ICU patients
• Age 18 years and older
• Glasgow coma scale 15

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18 years
• Glasgow coma scale < 15