Skip to content
Catalyst

PapersPMID:29241421

The Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Sleep Quality of ICU Nurses: A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Workplace health & safety2018The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidencelowersPittsburgh Sleep Quality Index global score

What moved

1 findingHow to read these marks →
  • “The total PSQI, subjective SQ, and sleep latency scores for the intervention group were significantly lower than the control group, which means that the SQ of ICU nurses in the intervention group improved from baseline.”
    Study
    RCT
    Dose studied
    220 mg zinc sulfate capsules every 72 hours for 1 month
    Population
    Intensive care unit nurses

Study record

Design
randomised controlled trial
Species
human
Population
intensive care unit nurses
Participants
54
Comparator
placebo
Duration
30 days
Endpoints measured
4