Why the study?
What is the incidence of peri-operative nightmares, hallucinations, and sleep disturbance among different surgical patient groups?
Population
271 patients who completed a questionnaire, divided into four groups: elective cardiac surgery, major…
Comparison
Questionnaire assessing peri-operative… vs Comparison across different surgical groups.
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
postoperative week
Authors
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Postoperative nightmares warrant clinical awareness in surgical patients; this Level 4 data leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention targets.
What is the incidence of peri-operative nightmares, hallucinations, and sleep disturbance among different surgical patient groups?
Peri-operative nightmares are common, particularly following elective cardiac surgery, where they affect over a quarter of patients.
J. Brimacombe (1993) studied this question.
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