Sleep Promotion among Critically Ill Patients: Earplugs/Eye Mask versus Ocean Sound—A Randomized Controlled Trial Study

Table 2

Factors affecting sleep at home before hospitalization and in ICU.

Variables	Overall N = 60	Group 1 N = 30	Group 2 N = 30	value
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Presence of sleep disturbance in the ICU	46 (76.7)	22 (73.3)	24 (80)	0.43
Factors affecting sleep in the ICU
Pain	20 (33.3)	09 (30)	11 (36.7)	0.58
Noise	19 (31.7)	08 (26.7)	11 (36.7)	0.40
Light	2 (3.3)	0 (0)	02 (6.7)	0.15
Anxiety	10 (16.7)	07 (23.3)	03 (10)	0.16
Therapeutic procedures	1 (1.7)	01 (3.3)	0 (0)	0.31
Factors affecting sleep at home
Could not go to sleep within 30 min	42 (70)	23 (76.7)	19 (63.3)	0.26
Woke up in the middle of sleep	20 (33.3)	09 (30)	11 (36.7)	0.58
Pain	18 (30)	8 (26.7)	10 (33.3)	0.57
Cough or snoring	25 (41.7)	11 (36.7)	14 (46.7)	0.43
Felt too hot or too cold	16 (26.7)	07 (23.3)	09 (30)	0.68

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