Screening and Management of Post-stroke Insomnia:Best Evidence Summary
Objective To summarize the best evidence on screening and management of insomnia in stroke patients and to provide reference for clinical practice.Methods The evidence on prevention,screening and management of post-stroke insomnia was systematically searched from various guideline websites and Chi-nese and English databases.The retrieval period was from inceptions to June 2023.Results A total of 23 ar-ticles were included,including 1 clinical decision,4 guidelines,2 evidence summaries,2 expert consensuses and 14 systematic reviews.26 pieces of evidence were summarized from 4 themes:prevention,screening,pharmaceutical management and non-pharmaceutical management.Conclusions This study summarized the relevant evidence of insomnia screening and management in stroke patients,provided evidence-based evi-dence for medical staff,and suggested that medical staff should apply the evidence,according to clinical sce-narios,to improve the sleep management of stroke patients.
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