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SIESTA (Sleep of Inpatients: Empower Staff to Act) for Acute Stroke Rehabilitation
Sponsor: University of Chicago
Summary
Given the critical role of sleep in enhancing neural recovery, motor learning, neuroprotection, and neuroplasticity, interventions to enhance sleep that target sleep could improve recovery and rehabilitation outcomes for stroke patients. In this proposal, a multidisciplinary group of researchers with expertise in rehabilitation medicine, sleep medicine, nursing, physical therapy, wearable technologies, and implementation science will adapt, implement and evaluate a state-of-the-art intervention to promote sleep for stroke patients undergoing acute rehabilitation. SIESTA-Rehab, adapted from a previous unit-based intervention, bundles two sleep-promoting interventions to address the unique sleep challenges stroke patients face during acute rehabilitation: (1) nursing education and empowerment to reduce unnecessary disruptions; (2) a systematic protocol to screen, diagnose, and treat sleep-disordered breathing if present during acute stroke rehabilitation.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
400
Start Date
2020-07-21
Completion Date
2025-07-14
Last Updated
2026-04-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
SIESTA Rehab Education
Staff nurses will be trained on how to improve sleep in stroke patients in the acute rehabilitation setting.
ApneaLink
Stroke patients on the SIESTA Rehab unit will be screened for sleep disordered breathing using ApneaLink monitors. Results will be interpreted by a sleep specialist who will then advise the clinical team at SRALab.
Locations (1)
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, Illinois, United States