TY - JOUR
T1 - Dysregulated light/dark cycle impairs sleep and delays the recovery of patients in intensive care units
T2 - A call for action for COVID-19 treatment
AU - Golombek, Diego
AU - Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu
AU - Rosenstein, Ruth E.
AU - Lundmark, Per Olof
AU - Spence, David Warren
AU - Cardinali, Daniel P.
AU - Reiter, Russel J.
AU - Brown, Gregory M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Exposure to an adequate light–dark cycle is important for the speedy recovery of hospitalized and institutionalized patients. Light exposure, including natural light, offers several health benefits to both patients and nursing staff. This includes physical (e.g., decreased confusion and disorientation) and mental health benefits (e.g., prevention of depression) and a reduction in the hospital stay. Improved alertness and performance can also be noted among hospital staff. In this commentary, we discuss disrupting factors that include light during the nighttime along with noise and physical procedures on the patient and others. We then address some of the important steps that can be undertaken to restore a more normal environment for patients in the intensive care unit, which can be particularly important for COVID-19 patients.
AB - Exposure to an adequate light–dark cycle is important for the speedy recovery of hospitalized and institutionalized patients. Light exposure, including natural light, offers several health benefits to both patients and nursing staff. This includes physical (e.g., decreased confusion and disorientation) and mental health benefits (e.g., prevention of depression) and a reduction in the hospital stay. Improved alertness and performance can also be noted among hospital staff. In this commentary, we discuss disrupting factors that include light during the nighttime along with noise and physical procedures on the patient and others. We then address some of the important steps that can be undertaken to restore a more normal environment for patients in the intensive care unit, which can be particularly important for COVID-19 patients.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Light exposure
KW - intensive care unit
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U2 - 10.1080/07420528.2022.2056477
DO - 10.1080/07420528.2022.2056477
M3 - Letter
C2 - 35491759
AN - SCOPUS:85131573550
SN - 0742-0528
VL - 39
SP - 903
EP - 906
JO - Chronobiology international
JF - Chronobiology international
IS - 7
ER -