Sleep, if you can

摘要

In their article on sleep disturbance, Keilty and colleagues1 highlight the issues around the amount of sleep achieved in family caregivers of children dependent on medical technology, such as home ventilation, oxygen saturation monitors and enteral feeding devices. Rather than relying solely on retrospective parental reporting by tired parents, they elegantly measure the amount of sleep achieved over a short time window in the lives of the families studied. They also describe the effects of sleep deprivation on the families' quality of life.