Lechosa-Muñiz Carolina, Ruiz-Azcona Laura, Belmonte Elena Pérez, Paz-Zulueta María, Cabero-Pérez María Jesús
Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. Valdecilla s/n, 39008 Santander, Spain.
Pediatrics Section, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Avda. Valdecilla s/n, 39008 Santander, Spain.
Children (Basel). 2024 Jul 12;11(7):848. doi: 10.3390/children11070848.
Hospitalized children need adequate sleep to favor early recovery.
To study the sleep pattern of children admitted to a pediatric inpatient unit, a cross-sectional study was carried out at a reference hospital in northern Spain. The main study variables were medical specialty of admission, sleep-inducing treatment, hours of sleep at home and during admission, number of nocturnal awakenings, and reasons for awakening. Differences in the hours of sleep and nighttime awakenings between the initial period and at six months were calculated using the Student's -test.
We included 100 baseline patients and 100 post-intervention patients. Up to 4% of the baseline sample and 3% of the six-month sample had been prescribed a sleep-promoting drug. Regarding awakenings, 79% of the children in the baseline sample suffered awakenings, with a mean of 1.98 awakenings (range 1-13). At six months, the percentage of children who experienced awakenings decreased by 17%, with a mean of 1.34 (range 1-5). In the baseline sample, 48% were caused by nursing care, decreasing to 34% after the intervention.
An educational intervention with the implementation of targeted evidence-based practices is a useful measure for improving the sleep pattern by decreasing the number of awakenings.
住院儿童需要充足睡眠以利于早日康复。
为研究儿科住院部收治儿童的睡眠模式，在西班牙北部一家参考医院开展了一项横断面研究。主要研究变量包括入院的医学专科、助眠治疗、在家及住院期间的睡眠时间、夜间觉醒次数及觉醒原因。使用学生 t 检验计算初始期与六个月时睡眠时间和夜间觉醒次数的差异。
我们纳入了100名基线患者和100名干预后患者。基线样本中高达4%以及六个月样本中3%的患者曾被开具助眠药物。关于觉醒情况，基线样本中79%的儿童有觉醒经历，平均觉醒次数为1.98次（范围1 - 13次）。六个月时，有觉醒经历的儿童比例下降了17%，平均为1.34次（范围1 - 5次）。在基线样本中，48%的觉醒由护理引起，干预后降至34%。
实施有针对性的循证实践进行教育干预是通过减少觉醒次数改善睡眠模式的有效措施。
