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Effects of Earplugs and Eye Masks on Perceived Quality of Sleep during Night among Patients in Intensive Care Units


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Sleep is a natural state of bodily rest. It is common to all irrespective of breed, culture and caste. Regular sleep is essential for survival for human beings. Two physiologic processes regulate sleep, the circadian and homeostatic mechanisms where the homeostatic component monitors the need for sleep and circadian process governs the variations in sleep over 24 hours.
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  • Effects of Earplugs and Eye Masks on Perceived Quality of Sleep during Night among Patients in Intensive Care Units

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Koushal Dave
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Ashia Qureshi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
L. Gopichandran
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Abstract


Sleep is a natural state of bodily rest. It is common to all irrespective of breed, culture and caste. Regular sleep is essential for survival for human beings. Two physiologic processes regulate sleep, the circadian and homeostatic mechanisms where the homeostatic component monitors the need for sleep and circadian process governs the variations in sleep over 24 hours.