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Assessment of sleep in hospital patients: a review of methods
Author(s) -
Closs S. José
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1988.tb02857.x
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , sleep quality , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , insomnia , computer science , operating system
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.