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Thursday, November 7, 2013

A Study: Linking Levels of Light to Patient Pain

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The Journal of Advanced Nursing recently published the results of a small-scale study that explored a connection between hospital lighting and the differing levels of sleep, pain, and moods of inpatients.



Conducted by researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, the sleep-wake cycles of 40 individuals were monitored over 3 days as they were exposed to low levels of lighting. The findings: "the less light [the patients] were exposed to during the day, the greater their levels of fatigue. The more fatigued they felt, the more pain they had" (HealthDay News). While additional research needs to be conducted in order to determine the intensity of lighting implications for varying individual cases, these introductory results are quite fascinating. Read more about: Adjust the Lights, Hold the Morphine?

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