Contemporary Nursing

Objective To explore the original interference factors of insomnia in elderly inpatients and specific nursing countermeasures. Methods The researchers selected 60 patients from March 2021 to April 2022. According to the statistical random division method, the patients were regrouped into the observation group and the control group, with 30 elderly patients in each group. The improvement of sleep quality and the changes of negative emotions were compared between the groups. Results The sleep quality scores of the observation group were lower, and the overall sleep status was better (P < 0.05); The score of negative emotion in the observation group was low, compared with P < 0.05; The value of night sleep latency, wake time and times of elderly patients in the observation group were smaller, and the night sleep duration and sleep maintenance rate were significantly higher (P < 0.05). Conclusions Elderly patients are prone to insomnia during hospitalization. Clinical nurses are required to actively analyze the reasons and implement targeted nursing interventions in order to improve the sleep quality and negative emotions of patients.

Elderly inpatients; Causes of insomnia; Nursing intervention; The quality of sleep