Journal of clinical nursing
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This study investigates what makes parents of hospitalized children feel secure and factors influencing their level of participation. It also studies, whether the degree to which parents participate affects their child's pain and sleep during hospitalization. Questionnaires were distributed to a series of parents whose children were discharged from two paediatric surgical wards and one paediatric medical-surgical ward at two university hospitals in Sweden. ⋯ The results indicate a relationship between parental participation and their estimation of their child's pain. The study confirms a pattern, developed in a previous study, in how parents adopt different strategies affecting their participation during their child's hospitalization. Some parents who wanted to participate in more aspects of their child's care seemed to think that their child had less pain than parents who preferred more limited participation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
The sleep of older people in hospital and nursing homes.
Disturbed sleep can affect personal wellbeing and impede the rehabilitation and recovery of older people from illness. This paper reports the findings of a pilot study which included examination of sleep quality and sleep patterns of older people in community hospital and nursing home settings. ⋯ No discernible difference was found in quality of sleep and whether patients felt rested or not between those patients on hypnotic medication and those who were not. The implications of the findings for practice and future research are discussed.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
The effect of positioning on the stability of oxygenation and respiratory synchrony in non-ventilated pre-term infants.