Systematic Review of Sleep Quality Assessment Tools for Postoperative Patients

A COSMIN-based systematic review by Nunung Nurhayati, published on figshare in 2026, synthesizes evidence on sleep assessment instruments for hospitalized postoperative surgical patients. The review analyzed 37 studies from 2010 to 2024, evaluating tools like the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Richards–Campbell Sleep Questionnaire. It provides a narrative synthesis of psychometric properties including reliability, validity, and measurement error.

Use Cases

• Compare the psychometric properties of sleep assessment instruments based on the systematic review's findings.
• Inform clinical decision-making for sleep monitoring based on the evaluated reliability and validity of tools like the PSQI and RCSQ.
• Identify research gaps for further validation of sleep questionnaires in postoperative contexts based on the mixed evidence reported for tools like the SQQ and VSH.

Strengths

• Systematic methodology following COSMIN guidelines for evaluating measurement properties.
• Analysis of 37 eligible studies from an initial pool of 210, providing a focused evidence base.
• Clear evaluation of specific instruments like PSQI and RCSQ, reporting on reliability, validity, and limitations.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 19.4 KB DOCX file, indicating a very small-scale document rather than a primary data repository.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the content is a review article, not structured data.
• Data may reflect publication bias inherent to the systematic review's included literature sources.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature search across PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, and PsycINFO.

Time Range

Studies published between 2010 and 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 04:35:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global (studies from international databases).