Perioperative Sleep Disturbance

Perioperative sleep disturbance is a change in sleep quality or quantity among surgical patients. Hospital conditions and perioperative stressors contribute to perioperative sleep disturbance. Preoperative sleep disruption increases postoperative delirium, pain, analgesic use, chronic pain, medical resource use, and adverse functional outcomes. Postoperative sleep disturbance is independently linked to delayed recovery, impaired cognition, pain sensitivity, and cardiovascular events.