Journal of Nursing & Care

Etsuko Fujimoto

Publications

• Research Article
  Sleep Disturbance in Elderly Patients after Cardiac Surgery during their Stay in Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Ward
  Author(s): Hiromi Arita, Yukari Takeno and Etsuko FujimotoHiromi Arita, Yukari Takeno and Etsuko Fujimoto
  
  Background: Sleep patterns of patients who admitted the intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery have shown fragment and disturbed sleep during early postoperative days. However, there is less information about sleep status in patients after transferred to a surgical ward from the ICU. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sleep patterns in elderly patients after cardiac surgery including stay in both the ICU and surgical ward. Methods: Twelve patients aged ≥ 65 years were examined for 3 days before and 6 days after surgery. We used to examine sleep quality an actigraph and the Oguri-Shirakawa-Azumi sleep inventory (version for patients of middle age and older) for sleep. Results: Total sleep time was significantly decreased postoperative day 3 (median, 368.5 min) and 4 (median, 433.5 min) than before surgery (median 526.0 min) (p<0.05). Nocturnal sleep time showed significan.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000137

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