TY - JOUR T1 - Evidence that active pain treatment improves sleep quality and quantity in people with depression and dementia JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 49 LP - 49 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2018-102934 VL - 22 IS - 2 AU - Amelia Swift Y1 - 2019/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/22/2/49.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Blytt KM, Bjorvatn B, Husebo B, et al. Effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home patients with dementia and depression: A multicenter placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2018;33:663–70.Active pain treatment improves sleep in people with dementia and depression.This study paves the way for improved methods; these results should be used as the basis for further exploration of this important issue.Future studies should include subjective evaluation of the benefits of pain treatment on sleep and explore improvements in related areas such as day-time functioning and falls.It is recommended that we get approximately 8 hours of sleep per day, and poor-quality sleep causes decline in physical and psychological functioning including impacts on the metabolism, immunity and memory.1 People with dementia (PWD) often experience sleep … ER -