In patients with cancer (P), is noise reduction (I) more effective than the sleep medication therapy (C) at improving the quality and quantity of sleep (O) during the period of admission and years after discharge (T)?
Background of the Question
Hospital noise is the major contributor to sleep disturbance, which is a fundamental component of cancer experience in young and adult cancer patients, survivors, as well as caregivers (Redeker, Pigeon, & Boudreau, 2015). Noise in hospitals also slow healing during hospitalization, cause sleep disturbance, increases the perception of pain (Mazer, 2012), and has implications for the responses to cancer treatment (Redeker, Pigeon, & Boudreau, ...
