NCT03213860

The Effect of Night Eye Mask on Post-operative Pain in Cardiac Surgery Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Environmental factors such as noise and light have been cited as important causes of sleep deprivation in Intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Previous studies demonstrated a hyperalgesic alteration in pain perception following a controlled sleep deprivation protocol. Another studies indicated that using eye masks can improve REM sleep in healthy subjects in simulated ICU environment, and improve sleep quality in ICU patients. This study aimed to determine the effects of using eye masks on sleep and thus on pain quality in postoperative cardiac surgery patients in ICU.

Conditions

• Sleep Deprivation
• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Flight Eye-masks; Dreaming, Zhuji City, Zhejiang, China	The experimental group will receive protective devices Single use eye masks during nocturnal sleep (Flight Eye-masks; Dreaming, Zhuji City, Zhejiang, China). The caregiver will explain to them that they should wear eye masks during their stay in ICU to ensure rest and instructed patients to use them properly. During the ICU stay, ICU nurses will assist patients with wearing eye masks from 9:00 pm to 7:00 am the next morning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-07-15
• Primary completion: 2017-09-29
• Completion: 2017-09-29
• First posted: 2017-07-11
• Last updated: 2018-05-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt