Digital Stimulation and Anxiety and Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Patients in the intervention group will be administered a questionnaire, the Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale as pre-tests. Following this, for three consecutive days, the research nurse will show the patient nature images (landscapes, lakes, mountains, etc.) via tablet for approximately 20-30 minutes once a day in the mornings when the patient is available. While watching the images, Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental classical music pieces (60-80 bpm) will be played through headphones. The pieces to be used as digital visual and auditory stimuli will be selected by the art therapy specialist in the study. During the intervention, patients' vital signs and clinical condition will be closely monitored, and the intervention will be terminated if any discomfort, hemodynamic instability, or intolerance to the procedure develops. The digital visual and auditory stimulus application will continue under the same conditions for three days, and at the end of the third day, the Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale will be administered again as post-tests. Control Group Patients in the control group will also be administered the Demographic Information Form, the Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale (RCSQ), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) at the beginning of the data collection process, at the same time as the intervention group. Patients in the control group will not undergo any intervention during the study period, and their routine intensive care treatment and care will continue. At the end of the third day, the Richards-Campbell Sleep Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale will be administered again as a final test, simultaneously with the intervention group.