Effect of selected nursing interventions in promoting sleep
of patients with congestive heart failure was studied by Pinto
(2001) at KEM Hospital, Mumbai. The intervention group
received back massage for 10 minutes and deep breathing
exercise for 6 minutes and results of the study that 80% of
the sample in the study group slept well and their quality of
sleep in the control group only 50% slept well. The quality
of sleep in the control group was 45% lower as compared to
the study group