Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Lauriana Medeiros
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Germano, Raimunda Medeiros
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5607
Resumo: This exploratory-descriptive study of qualitative approach broaches the issue of insomnia in the hospitalized elderly. It aims at identifying factors related to insomnia at the hospital, learning about nursing actions concerning the assessment of the patient, treatment and prevention of insomnia. Nurses, technicians and nursing assistants were interviewed in a public hospital in Natal-RN. It was observed that insomnia has multiple causes like: difficulty to adapt to the routine and environment of the hospital, disease, anxiety, idleness and physical and psychological discomfort. Some therapeutic and preventive actions were suggested like the promotion of comfort, reduction of anxiety, psychological orientation and support, and administration of drugs when prescribed.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
title Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
spellingShingle Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
Costa, Lauriana Medeiros
Sleep Disturbances
Elderly
Nursing care.
title_short Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
title_full Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
title_fullStr Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
title_full_unstemmed Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
title_sort Insomnia in the hospitalized elderly: factors related to nursing care
author Costa, Lauriana Medeiros
author_facet Costa, Lauriana Medeiros
Germano, Raimunda Medeiros
author_role author
author2 Germano, Raimunda Medeiros
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa, Lauriana Medeiros
Germano, Raimunda Medeiros
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sleep Disturbances
Elderly
Nursing care.
topic Sleep Disturbances
Elderly
Nursing care.
description This exploratory-descriptive study of qualitative approach broaches the issue of insomnia in the hospitalized elderly. It aims at identifying factors related to insomnia at the hospital, learning about nursing actions concerning the assessment of the patient, treatment and prevention of insomnia. Nurses, technicians and nursing assistants were interviewed in a public hospital in Natal-RN. It was observed that insomnia has multiple causes like: difficulty to adapt to the routine and environment of the hospital, disease, anxiety, idleness and physical and psychological discomfort. Some therapeutic and preventive actions were suggested like the promotion of comfort, reduction of anxiety, psychological orientation and support, and administration of drugs when prescribed.
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