The Effect of Eye Masks and Earplugs In Intensive Care Unit Patients

Osmaniye Korkut Ata University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Vital Signs

Sleep Quality

Treatments

Other: Eye masks and ear plugs

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05970614

OKU-SHMYO-OC-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned as a randomized controlled and experimental study to evaluate the effect of eye masks and earplugs on sleep quality and vital signs in intensive care patients.

Full description

The research will be conducted with 60 patients hospitalized in the intensive care units of a state hospital. Research data will be collected with a questionnaire, vital signs follow-up form, insomnia severity index, and Richards-Campbell Sleep Quality Scale. Patients will be divided into intervention and control groups. Eye mask and ear plugs will be applied to the intervention group for 3 days, and the control group will receive routine care. The study will be terminated after 3 days of follow-up for each patient.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18 years and over,
Able to answer all questions and communicate,
Those who agreed to participate in the research
Being in the category of insomnia, moderate insomnia, or severe insomnia according to the insomnia severity index,
Not sedating
Not connected to a ventilator
No hearing problem
Glasgow Coma Score of 15

Exclusion criteria

Connecting to the ventilator during operation
Sedation during the study
Wanting to leave the research during the study
Being in the intervention group and removing the eye patch or earplug during sleep
GCS falling below 15