U.S., Sept. 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07167485) titled 'Sleep Quality of Intensive Care Patients' on Sept. 04.
Brief Summary: Sleep deprivation is common in intensive care. Impaired sleep quality and quantity and altered circadian rhythms have been observed. Polysomnography is the gold standard for sleep analysis. However, it is difficult to perform due to technical constraints and the lack of a consensus definition of the different stages of sleep for intensive care patients. Alternative methods to polysomnography would be useful for better defining sleep disturbances. There are many factors that can disrupt sleep, including environmental disturbances, sedative drugs, mechanical ventil...