Kol Emine, Aydın Perihan, Dursun Oguz
Faculty of Nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Jul;20(3):210-7. doi: 10.1111/jspn.12116. Epub 2015 May 6.
Noise is a substantial problem for both patients and healthcare workers in hospitals. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of environmental strategies (creating single-patient rooms and reducing noise sources) in noise reduction in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Noise measurement in the unit was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, measurements aimed at determining the unit's present level of noise were performed over 4 weeks in December 2013. During the month following the first measurement phase, the intensive care unit (ICU) was moved to a new location and noise-reducing strategies were implemented. The second phase, in May 2014, measured noise levels in the newly constructed environment.
The noise levels before and after environmental changes were statistically significant at 72.6 dB-A and 56 dB-A, respectively (p < .05).
Single-patient rooms and noise-reducing strategies can be effective in controlling environmental noise in the ICU.
噪音对医院的患者和医护人员来说都是一个重大问题。本研究旨在确定环境策略（设置单人病房和减少噪音源）在降低儿科重症监护病房噪音方面的有效性。
该病房的噪音测量分两个阶段进行。在第一阶段，于2013年12月进行了为期4周的测量，旨在确定该病房当前的噪音水平。在第一测量阶段后的一个月里，重症监护病房（ICU）迁至新地点，并实施了降噪策略。第二阶段于2014年5月测量了新建环境中的噪音水平。
环境变化前后的噪音水平分别为72.6分贝-A和56分贝-A，具有统计学意义（p < .05）。
单人病房和降噪策略在控制ICU环境噪音方面可能有效。
