Postoperative Sleep Quality Following Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Diphenhydramine and Melatonin Versus Sleep Skills Training
Abstract
To compare non-prescription sleep aids (low-dose diphenhydramine and melatonin) to sleep hygiene education for improving postoperative sleep quality after total joint arthroplasty.
Conditions: Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Primary outcome: Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS); Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for Pain.
Enrollment: 55 participants.
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Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 55 participants or records.
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