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Understanding the perceptions, experiences, and behaviors related to nurses' and midwives' sleep: a qualitative
Lisa Matricciani1,2,3, Jarrod Clarke2,4, Jennifer Fereday1,2
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Objective:
This review aims to understand nurses' and midwives' perceptions, experiences, and behaviors related to sleep.
Introduction:
The importance of sleep for nurses and midwives has received growing attention due to its significant impact on health, patient safety, and workforce sustainability. Nurses and midwives face unique challenges in achieving quality sleep due to a multitude of workplace factors. Given the multifactorial aspects of sleep, there is a need for targeted interventions that take into account nurses' and midwives' experiences, perceptions, and behaviors related to sleep.
Eligibility Criteria:
This review will consider primary qualitative or mixed methods studies that examine nurses' or midwives' perceptions, experiences, and behaviors concerning sleep. The target population includes licensed nurses and midwives working across all health care settings. Only studies published in English will be included, but no restrictions will be applied based on the publication date or country of origin.
Methods:
A systematic meta-aggregative review will be conducted following JBI methodology for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence. The review will be reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The following databases will be searched: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, PsycINFO (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), and Scopus. Methodological quality will be assessed using the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Studies, and data will be analyzed using the meta-aggregation approach.
Review Registration:
OSF https://osf.io/f32um/overview.
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