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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
This five-item visual analogue scale was designed as an outcome measure for assessing the perception of sleep in critically ill patients. The scale evaluates perceptions of depth of sleep, sleep onset latency, number of awakenings, time spent awake, and overall sleep quality.
University Hospital Ostrava
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia
Patient-nurse inter-rater reliability
The inter-rater reliability between the evaluation of sleep quality performed by the patient and the nurse, as per Richards-Campbell Sleeping Questionnaire (RCSQ) score achieved, will be assessed. The RCSQ tool is used to assess a total of five dimensions pertaining to sleep, each of which is evaluated on a scale of 0 to 100.
Time frame: 30 weeks
Patient sleep quality
The quality of patient sleep will be evaluated using the achieved Richards-Campbell Sleeping Questionnaire (RCSQ) scores. The RCSQ tool is used to assess a total of five dimensions pertaining to sleep, each of which is evaluated on a scale of 0 to 100.
Time frame: 30 weeks
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