Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Dong-A University Medical Center, Busan, South Korea.
College of Nursing, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2020 Aug;59:102849. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102849. Epub 2020 Mar 31.
This study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual reality meditation on sleep quality of intensive care unit patients.
This randomised controlled trial included 48 cardiac intensive care unit patients in a university hospital in Korea randomly allocated to the experimental (24) and the control group (24). For the experimental group, meditation was provided for 30 minutes using a head-mounted display for virtual reality, on the evening of the admission day.
The sleep quality of both groups was measured by self-report using Sleep Scale A and the activity tracker FitBit Charge 2.
The experimental group reported significantly higher subjective sleep quality than did the control group. Activity tracker assessment indicated that total sleep time and light sleep time did not differ between the groups. However, the awake time was shorter, deep sleep time was longer and sleep efficiency was significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group.
Virtual reality meditation positively affected the sleep quality of intensive care unit patients. Critical care nurses should consider using virtual reality meditation as a nursing intervention to improve the patient's sleep quality.
本研究旨在探讨虚拟现实冥想对重症监护病房患者睡眠质量的影响。
本随机对照试验纳入了韩国一所大学附属医院的 48 名心脏重症监护病房患者,随机分为实验组(24 名)和对照组(24 名)。实验组在入院当天晚上使用头戴式显示器进行 30 分钟的冥想。
两组患者的睡眠质量均采用睡眠量表 A 和活动追踪器 Fitbit Charge 2 进行自我报告评估。
实验组报告的主观睡眠质量明显高于对照组。活动追踪器评估显示,两组的总睡眠时间和浅睡眠时间无差异。然而,实验组的清醒时间较短,深睡眠时间较长,睡眠效率显著高于对照组。
虚拟现实冥想对重症监护病房患者的睡眠质量有积极影响。重症监护护士应考虑将虚拟现实冥想作为一种护理干预措施,以改善患者的睡眠质量。