Patient Reports of Night Noise in Hospitals Are Associated With Unplanned Readmissions Among Older Adults

Objective: Sleep disturbance is a key contributor to posthospital syndrome; a transient period of vulnerability following discharge from hospital. We sought to examine the relationship between patient-reported hospital quietness at night, via a validated survey, and unplanned hospital readmissions a...

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Main Authors: Kyle A Kemp MSc, Hude Quan PhD, Paul Fairie PhD, Maria J Santana PhD, MPharm, MRPharmS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Patient Experience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373520916030