At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison Record- ✓Age ≥18 years
- ✓Expected hospital stay of at least one night
- ✓Able to understand and use earplugs and eye mask
- ✓Basic understanding of English reading and writing
- ✕Medical contraindication to earplugs or eye mask (e.g., eye infection)
- ✕Unlikely to benefit from intervention (e.g., deaf and blind individuals)
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SleepSure: A Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Effects of Eye Masks and Earplugs on Hospital Inpatient Sleep
In Brief
A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating Ear plugs, Eye Mask, and 1 other intervention for Sleep. Completed, enrolled 206 participants.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this study is to determine whether routinely providing patients admitted to hospital with two devices to help sleep - ear plugs, and an eyeshade - leads to patients having a better quality of sleep and/or longer, more satisfying sleep.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The patient will be given a plastic wallet containing an eye mask and ear plugs, to be used when trying to sleep.
The patient will be given a plastic wallet containing an eye mask and ear plugs, to be used when trying to sleep.
This night sedation will be given to any patient requesting it, in either group