Sleep Improvement through Melatonin Administration

WEEK 6 DQ 1: Sleep Improvement through Melatonin Administration in ICU Patients and Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort
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Based on your initial ideas, what types of scholarly nursing research (such as quantitative or qualitative research, peer-reviewed resources, etc.) would be required to further investigate the issue? Select an article related to your topic. Identify the criteria you would use based on the CRAAP test to evaluate the appropriateness of the research. Why is it important to select research that meets these criteria? Evaluate the "CRAAP Test" article from the New Jersey Institute of Technology Library, located in the study materials. Explain the five criteria as they relate to your selected article.
The topic covered was “sleep improvement through melatonin administration in ICU patients and Kolcaba’s theory of comfort”. Melatonin is a sleep hormone that is associated with the sleep-wake cycle and can be administered as a dietary supplement, Melatonin has sleep-inducing effects administered to promote sleep, including among those with delayed sleep phase disorder. Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort highlights that comfort is an essential health-seeking behaviors, and comfort in the form of relief, ease, and transcendence.
In the topic quantitative and peer-reviewed resources are helpful. Quantitative studies provide insights on the extent to which melatonin administration improves sleep in different settings with sleep improvement being the outcome measured by different researchers. Peer-reviewed resources are preferred as they are reliable and provide the best evidence that can be verified. 
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