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How do patients sleep after orthopaedic surgery? Changes in objective sleep parameters and pain in hospitalized patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty.

Jacopo Antonino VitaleGiuseppe BanfiMarco ViganòFrancesco Negrini
Published in: International orthopaedics (2023)
Sleep quantity and timing parameters were stable during the entire hospitalization whereas sleep quality parameters significantly worsened the first night after surgery compared to the pre-surgery night. High scores of pain were associated with lower overall sleep quality.
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