Assessment of sleep in hospital patients: a review of methods
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Vol. 13 (4) , 501-510
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1988.tb02857.x
Abstract
Since sleep and healing appear to be associated, achieving the optimum quality of sleep among hospital patients should be a priority for both clinical nurses and researchers. This paper discusses various methods of sleep assessment which may be used by those intending to conduct research in this field.Keywords
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