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Bring Sleep to Life - Evaluation and Description of a Sleep Intervention in Emergency Care

No phase Interventional Nurse Based Care Management Patient Care Intervention Education, Professional

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Knowledge about sleep guideline, Introduction of web-based sleep education.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Nurse Based Care Management, Patient Care, Intervention, Education, Professional. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Sweden
Next step
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Overview

Many patients complain of poor sleep during their hospital stay. Therefore, we want to investigate how we can improve the staff's (nurses and assistant nurses) knowledge about sleep and which nursing interventions can lead to improved sleep during their hospital stay. The intervention are in three parts: a clinical guideline introduction of sleep nursing champions a web-based educational course

Detailed description

A majority of hospitalised have reported being awakened due to external factors, of which being disturbed by hospital staff was the most common. It is therefore essential to provide nursing staff with the knowledge and tools to promote patients' sleep during hospitalisation. For this purpose, an intervention was developed to aid nursing staff in adopting evidence-based, non-pharmacological methods to promote sleep. The intervention comprises three parts: a web-based educational course, a clinical guideline and the introduction of sleep nursing champions (SNCs) at the intervention units.

Interventions

  • Other Knowledge about sleep guideline
    The sleep guideline has been available since 2021, but it is unknown whether healthcare professionals are aware of this guideline. And whether it is used in clinical practice.
  • Other Introduction of web-based sleep education
    The web-based interactive sleep training course to increase knowledge about sleep for hospital staff.

Primary outcome measures

  • Description of the role of a sleep nurse champions (SNC) [Time frame: Individual interviews on one occasion. Time required max. 60 minutes. Total 13 SNC.]
  • Web-based survey on sleep knowledge and awareness of online sleep training and sleep guidelines [Time frame: The survey is completed once. It takes approximately 15 minutes.]
  • Inpatients' experiences of sleeping in hospital [Time frame: The questionnaire is completed once during the hospitalisation. Time required is a maximum of 20-30 minutes.]

Eligibility criteria

Sleep nursing champions (SNCs):

Inclusion criteria

  • Registered nurse with area responsibility for sleep
  • Held the assignment for responsibility for sleep at least six months.
  • Working at Theme Heart, Vascular and Neurology in Karolinska University Hospital

On-line survey staff:

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinically active staff (nurse, assistant nurse) at the intervention departments within Theme Heart, Vascular and Neurology

Control group:

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinically active staff (nurse, assistant nurse) at Theme Cancer Karolinska University Hospital
  • No access to the guideline for sleep, and digital sleep education programme

Patients´ experiences:

Inclusion criteria

  • Hospitalized for at least one night in the intervention departments
  • Understand the Swedish language both spoken and written
  • Age over 18 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of cognitive impairment
  • Delirium
  • Failing vital parameters as low blood pressure
  • Severe visual impairment that makes it impossible to complete the questionnaire

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

Sweden · 1 center
  • Karolinska University Hospital — Stockholm

Publications

  • Nilsson O, Vehkala-Hoglund A, Gellerstedt L. Evidence-based sleep promotion in acute care from the perspective of nursing staff: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nurs. 2026 Jan 5;25(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-04259-3. PMID 41491189

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07265713 · Dnr 2023-04670-01

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗