Nursing research maps approaches to sleep, anxiety and well-being
Sleep quality received the most attention in a scoping review; the abstract maps nursing strategies without reporting how much they helped.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
This review mapped how nursing research has addressed anxiety, sleep quality and well-being. Sleep was the most studied outcome, especially through changes to the hospital environment. The abstract describes a wide range of approaches but gives no effect estimates, so it cannot show which strategy works best or whether the approaches have comparable benefits.
This is an abstract-based account of a scoping review, which maps a research field. The abstract supplies no intervention-specific effects or safety results, and many included clinical trials came from Iran and Turkey.
What nurses have studied
Approaches included music, massage, relaxation, guided imagery, spiritual support and environmental changes such as lighting and noise control. Listing these strategies describes what researchers investigated; it does not establish that every approach improves sleep or anxiety.
Where the gaps remain
The authors identify a need for research that makes well-being and anxiety disorders central outcomes. They also call for studies across multiple centres and closer examination of spirituality and the nursing process.
The original publication
Mental Health Promotion Through Nursing Interventions Focused on Anxiety, Sleep and Well-Being: A Scoping Review.
Silva LCMA, Dutra SVO, Ferreira BF et al.
Int J Ment Health Nurs · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 41951553
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