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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016;22(2):69-75.
doi: 10.5761/atcs.oa.15-00275. Epub 2016 Feb 8.

Cardiac Valve Noise Reduction by Non-Drug Interventions Improves the Sleep Quality of Patients after Mechanical Cardiac Valve Implantation

Yanjuan Lin  1 , Le Xu, Xizhen Huang, Fei Jiang, Fen Lin, Qingyang Ye, Jianling Lin
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Cardiac Valve Noise Reduction by Non-Drug Interventions Improves the Sleep Quality of Patients after Mechanical Cardiac Valve Implantation

Yanjuan Lin et al. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016.

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the effects of non-drug interventions on the sleep quality of patients after mechanical cardiac valve implantation.

Methods: In this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, 64 patients scheduled for mechanical mitral valve replacement were recruited. Patients underwent cognitive behavioral therapy and wore noise cancelling earplugs and eye mask. Sleep quality was evaluated on the 4th after admission and the 5th days after operation. The primary outcome was the total sleep quality score differences between the 4th day after admission and the 5th day after operation.

Results: All patients had been suffering from poor sleep quality for a month before admission. There was no difference between both groups on the 4th day after admission. Overall sleep quality in the intervention group was better than in the control group on the 5th day after operation. The subjective sleep quality of the patients in each group was significantly lower on the 5th day after the operation than on the 4th day after admission (P <0.05).

Conclusion: Non-drug intervention could improve the sleep quality of patients after mechanical cardiac valve implantation and help the postoperative recovery of the patients. (

Trial registration: ChiCTR-TRC-14004405, 21 March 2014.).

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