• Linda Franck, Jo Wray, Caryl Gay, Annette K Dearmun, Isaline Alsberge, and Kathryn A Lee.
• a Department of Family Health Care Nursing University of California , San Francisco.
• Behav Sleep Med. 2014 Jan 1; 12 (4): 307-16.

AbstractThis pilot study compared the sleep quality and quantity of parents who slept at their hospitalized child's bedside with parents who slept at the hospital's onsite Ronald McDonald House® (RMH). Wrist actigraphy and questionnaires were used to estimate parent sleep quality and quantity. Parents who slept at their hospitalized child's bedside (n = 27) experienced more sleep disruption (wake after sleep onset) and reported poorer sleep quality and feeling less rested than parents who slept at RMH (n = 11). Bedside accommodation was associated with poorer parent sleep even when controlling for the covariates of child age and parent gender. Nearby family accommodations, such as RMH, may facilitate parent-child proximity during a child's hospitalization while also providing parents with opportunities for essential sleep.

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