The effect of earplugs and eye mask on patients' perceived sleep quality in intensive care unit

摘要: Background: Sleep is one of the basic human needs and sleep deprivation causes numerous undesirable effects on body mind, especially in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It seems that noise light are important environmental factors interrupting these This study was carried out to determine effect earplugs eye mask Iranian patients’ quality ICU. Materials Methods: In this cross-over clinical trial, 50 patients ICUs Al-zahra Medical Center Isfahan 2012 were selected by convenient sampling method randomly assigned two groups. group A, wore fi rst night during their slept without second night, intervention conversely conducted B. Verran Snyder-Halpern Scales used measure quality. The data analyzed paired t-test, independent one-sample one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) through SPSS version 18. Results: Effect effectiveness positive, there signifi cant differences (P < 0.001) between treatment control also within each 0.001). interventions disturbance a difference at compared groups Also, mean scores for supplementation measured after results showed cantly increased 0.001, ER = 47, F 22.1). addition, carryover effi ciency but periodic negative respectively. Conclusions: Although wearing cost-effective safe can improve perceived ICU patients, further research needed demonstrate method.