Premium
Sleep Deprivation Is an Additional Stress for Parents Staying in Hospital
Author(s) -
McCann Damhnat
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00142.x
Subject(s) - sleep deprivation , sleep (system call) , medicine , sleep quality , psychology , psychiatry , insomnia , cognition , computer science , operating system
PURPOSE. This study aims to describe the sleep experience of parents staying overnight with their children in hospital.DESIGN AND METHODS. Parents ( n = 102) completed the Verran and Snyder‐Halpern Sleep Scale following a night spent with their children in an Australian tertiary pediatric hospital . RESULTS. Parents experienced sleep deprivation and poor quality of sleep, reporting a mean sleep period of 4.6 hr ( SD = 2.1). Having only one child in the room was the only variable that significantly influenced the quality or amount of parental sleep . PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Parental sleep deprivation needs to be acknowledged and accommodated when nurses and parents negotiate the care of children in hospital .