Sleep for Inpatients: Empowering Staff to Act

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Getting better sleep in the hospital is especially important due to a variety of adverse health effects that can potentially worsen patient recovery. To address these concerns and improve sleep in US hospitals, we aim to develop the SIESTA (Sleep for Inpatients: Empowering Staff to Act) program as an educational intervention designed to prepare hospital staff to assist patients in obtaining better sleep in hospitals and recognize the importance of screening for sleep disorders. The major educational goals of this proposal is to develop and pilot test an online educational program (SIESTA) which aims to train and motivate medical professionals to provide better sleep for hospitalized patients. We will utilize data from an ongoing sleep study, performed by the research team at the University of Chicago that looks at how adult patients are able to sleep while they are in the hospital, as a means of education for the participating medical staff.

Official Title
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Sleep for Inpatients: Empowering Staff to Act

Conditions
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Sleep Disorders, Sleep

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Educating hospital staff on good sleep hygiene for patients and screening for sleep disorders


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: To be eligible to participate in this study, the subjects must be University of Chicago hospital employees over the age of 18 years old. Exclusion Criteria: We will exclude any hospital staff under the age of 18 years old from this study as well as hospital patients and non-hospital staff.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Educational Intervention<br>Educating hospital staff on good sleep hygiene for patients and screening for sleep disorders | Behavioral: Educating hospital staff on good sleep hygiene for patients and screening for sleep disorders<br> <br> |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impact of Educational program | We will assess if the SIESTA program translates into behavior change based on staff satisfaction, knowledge, behavior and qualitative analysis. | Four years | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient Outcomes | We will asses affect of Intervention on hospitalized patient outcomes. | Four Years | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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staff empowerment, Sleep Apnea, educational intervention