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

Osmaniye Korkut Ata University60 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sleep Quality Vital Signs

Interventions

Eye masks and ear plugsOTHER

Eye masks and ear plugs will be applied to patients for 3 days between 22:00 and 06:00.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Osmaniye Public Hospital

Osmaniye, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Personal questionnaire

It is a form consisting of 22 questions in order to investigate the sociodemographic characteristics and health status of the patients.

Time frame: Only one times. At the first meeting (up to one day).

Vital signs follow-up form

It will be used to measure patients' fever, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and sPO2 values. It will be applied to patients at 22, 02, 06 hours. Also, the daily average hour will be calculated at the end of each day.

Time frame: up to 3 days

Insomnia Severity Index

It will be used to measure the severity of insomnia in patients. It consists of 7 questions and each question can receive points between 0 and 4. A maximum score of 28 and a minimum score of 0 are obtained on the scale, and as the score increases, the severity of insomnia increases.

Time frame: up to 3 days

Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale

The scale consists of 6 questions and the question is between 0 and 100 points. The higher the score, the higher the sleep quality.

Time frame: up to 3 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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