Sleep hygiene linked to patient-reported outcomes & objective sleep measures prior to upper extremity orthopaedic surgery

This analysis indicates that poorer sleep hygiene is associated with both increased pain interference and poorer sleep quality among patients about to undergo orthopaedic surgery on their upper extremity. These findings highlight the need to assess and educate patients on proper sleep hygiene prior to surgery in an effort to help foster high-quality restorative sleep that promotes postoperative recovery. This study is among the first to examine the possible contributions of sleep hygiene, a modifiable factor, on both patient-reported outcomes and objective measures of sleep over a prolonged period among patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery in an ambulatory setting.