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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Patient Experience |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373520916030 |