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Improving Sleep and Reducing External Stimuli With the Maya

Improving Sleep and Reducing External Stimuli With the Maya: a Pilot Study on Experience, Feasibility and Applicability

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05078645
Enrollment
20
Registered
2021-10-14
Start date
2021-11-30
Completion date
2022-11-30
Last updated
2021-10-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Critical Illness

Brief summary

Lack of sleep is a large problem for many patients in hospitals. Common causes are nuisances by light and sound. Especially with critically ill patients in the Intensive Care unit (ICU), Medium Care Unit (MCU) and Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), who are are monitored intensively, a lack of sleep often occurs. Patients with a lack of sleep more offer suffer from delirium, are more often anxious and stressed, and have a longer length of stay in the hospital. Also, patients' lack of sleep enhances nurses workloads during nightshifts. Because of this, there is a strong need for innovative devices which aim to limit the light and sound nuisances and thereby enhance patients' quality of sleep in the ICU, MC and CCU. The Maya is a special cover which can be placed over the head of the bed. As a result patients are able to limit light and sound nuisances and enhance their privacy. With this pilot-study we aim to determine: * The feasibility and experiences of patients and healthcare professionals with the Maya. * To determine the effect size of dependent variables which can be used in future studies.

Interventions

DEVICEMaya

The Maya is a cover which can be placed over the end of the patients bed. The Maya aims to reduce light and sound nuisances and enhance patients' privacy

Sponsors

Radboud University Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Pilot study with a crossover design. Half of the patients will use the Maya on the first, third and fifth day of their admission and will not use the maya on the second fourth and sixth day (group 1). The other half will use the Maya on the second, fourth and sixth day of their admission and will not use the maya on the first, third and fifth day (group 2). Group allocation will be randomised.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* adult ICU, MC or CCU patients with 5 to 7 expected number of admission days * patients with an expected Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) of \>-3 and \< +3 * patients who speak Dutch (because of the qualitative evaluation of the Maya)

Exclusion criteria

* patients with severe brain damage * patients with a severe psychiatric disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Quality of sleepup to six dayspatients' quality of sleep is measured once a day with the Richard Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ); (minimum score 0 = worst sleep - maximum score 100 = best sleep)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
NRS sleepup to six daysPatients' sleep is measured once a day with the sleep numeric rating scale (NRS sleep); (minimum score 0 = worst sleep - maximum score 10 = best sleep)
Anxietyup to six daysPatients' anxiety is measured once a day with the Daily Assesment of symptoms of Anxiety (DAS-A); (minimum score 0 = no anxiety - maximum score 24 = a lot of anxiety)
NRS Stressup to six daysPatients' stress is measured once a day with the stress numeric rating scale (NRS-stress); (minimum score 0 = no stress - maximum score 10 = most imaginable stress)
Arousalup to six dayspatients' arousal is measured once a day with the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS); (minimum score -5 = no reaction - maximum score = 4 very agitated)
Delirium CCUup to six daysCCU patients' delirium is measured once a day with the delirium observation scale (DOSS); (minimum score 0 = no delirium; a score of \>= 3 means delirium; maximum score 65)
oxygen saturationup to six daysOxygen saturation is measured every two hours with a oxygen saturation monitor and reported as a percentage
Lightup to six daysLight level (LUX). This will be measured with a validated application on a mobile phone
Soundup to six daysSound levels (decibel). This will be measured with a validated application on a mobile phone
Hart rateup to six dayshart rate is measured with a heart rate monitor and reported every two hours as beats per minute (BPM)
Respiratory rateup to six daysRespiratory rate is measured every two hours with a respiratory rate monitor and reported as rate per minute
Blood pressureup to six daysBlood pressure is measured every two hours with a intra-arterial catheter or a bloodpressure cuff and reported as diastolic value and systolic value (mmHg)
Delirium ICU/MCup to seven daysICU/MC patients' delirium is measured once a day with the Intensive Care Delirium Checklist (ICDSC); (minimum score 0 = no delirium; a score of 1 - 3 means subsyndromal delirium; a score of 4 - 8 means delirium; maximum score 8)

Contacts

Primary ContactBram Tilburgs, Dr.
bram.tilburgs@radboudumc.nl0031 24 36155618
Backup ContactMark van den Boogaard, Dr.
mark.vandenboogaard@radboudumc.nl0031 24 36155618

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026