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Abstract
Background: Literature review cited that burn injuries lead to one of the most intense and prolonged pain that might affect patient’s quality of sleep which in turn disturbing burn patient’s condition. One of the crucial roles of burn nurse is assessing patient’s pain and sleep as well as noting subtle changes on patient’s health conditions. Aim of the study: to assess the relationship between pain intensity and quality of sleep among patients with burn injury. Research Design: A descriptive/ correlational design was utilized. Research question: Is there a relationship between pain intensity and quality of sleep among patients with burn injury? Setting:The current study was conducted in burn unit at one of the governmental hospital in Egypt. Sample: A convenience sample of 122 adult male and female inpatient diagnosed with burn injury were included in the study. Tools of data collection: tool 1: Socio-demographic and medical data sheet, tool 2: quality of sleep assessment questionnaire, tool 3: assessment of pain intensity using numerical rating scale (NRS). Patients Results: The current study revealed that the majority of the studied sample had worst pain after wound dressing and physiotherapy. Most of the subjects had moderate pain at night. Nearly all of subjects had sleep disturbance after hospitalization with burn injury and most common causes were pain, fear of unknown, change appearance and change environment. Most of sample reported poor night sleep. Conclusion: pain intensity has a profound effect on quality of sleep among patients with burn injuries. Recommendations: Based on findings of the current study, the following are recommended to be done by burn nurses; alerts the medical stuff to prescribe a routine schedule analgesic before painful procedures such as wound dressing and physiotherapy as well as before sleeping time at night, decrease stimuli during night time hours to promote regulation of the circadian rhythm via clustering nursing activities and eliminate non-essential treatments during night time hours to allow uninterrupted sleep periods, and minimize staff conversation, alarm noise and light during the quiet night time hours.