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Table 2 Subjective assessment of sleep quality and state anxiety by condition

From: Effects of earplugs and eye masks on nocturnal sleep, melatonin and cortisol in a simulated intensive care unit environment

 

Baseline night

NL night

NLEE night

ANOVA P

Contrast P

State anxiety

28.7 ± 6.3

32.5 ± 5.6

29.8 ± 6.4

0.06

0.28

Sleep quality

1.7 ± 1.3

4.1 ± 1.7

2.3 ± 1.3

0.00

0.001

  1. ANOVA, repeated measures analysis of variance; Contrast, paired student's test or wilcoxon's rank sum test of simulated ICU environment with and without earplugs and eye masks; NL, recorded ICU noise and light exposure; NLEE, recorded ICU noise and light, subjects wore earplugs and eye masks.
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