The Relationship between Environmental Temperature and Sleep Needs of Patients in Emergency Hospitals

Abstract

Sleep is one of the basic human needs. Patients who are sick often need more sleep and rest than healthypeople. Inadequate sleep and poor sleep quality can result in disturbed physiological and psychologicalbalance. One of the factors that can affect the quality and quantity of sleep is the ambient temperature.The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between environmental temperature and thefulfillment of the sleep needs of patients in the inpatient room. This type of research is an analytic surveywith a cross-sectional design. The population in this study were all inpatients class III North LombokRegency Emergency Hospital. The sampling technique used accidental sampling with a sample size of 71people. Data analysis using Chi-Square. The results showed that the environmental temperature of the NorthLombok Emergency Hospital was in the high category, namely 53.5%. Most of the patients’ sleep needswere in the insufficient category, namely 67.6%. There is a relationship between ambient temperature andthe need for the sleep of patients in the Emergency Hospital of North Lombok Regency with an X2 value of34.054 with a p-value of 0.000 (p <0.05). The conclusion in this study is that the environmental temperatureaffects the patient’s sleep needs, where the higher the ambient temperature, the patient’s need for sleepbecomes disturbed or insufficient. Suggestions in this study can provide a reference in improving service topatients, especially increasing the patient’s sleep needs such as facilities and infrastructure (air conditioningand ventilation) so that the room temperature is not hot.