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Differences in Sleep Disturbance Parameters Between Oncology Outpatients and Their Family Caregivers
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29:1001-1006
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2011.
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Abstract
- Purpose This study compared the occurrence rates for and severity ratings of sleep disturbance in patient-family caregiver (FC) dyads. Patients and Methods In total, 102 dyads were recruited from two radiation therapy (RT) departments. Patients and their FCs completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the General Sleep Disturbance Scale (GSDS) and wore wrist actigraphs to obtain subjective and objective measures of the occurrence and severity of sleep disturbance at the initiation of RT. Match paired t tests were used to evaluate for dyadic differences. Results No differences were found in the occurrence of clinically significant levels of sleep disturbance between patients and their FCs that ranged between 40% and 50% using subjective and objective measures. Few differences were found in the severity of any of the sleep-wake parameters between patients and FCs using both the subjective and objective measures of sleep disturbance. Conclusion The findings from this study suggest that patients with cancer and their FCs experience similar levels of sleep disturbance and that both groups could benefit from interventions that aim to promote restful sleep. In addition to routine and systematic assessment of sleep disturbance by oncology clinicians, interventions are needed that take into account the specific needs of the patient and the FC as well as the potential for partners' sleep patterns to influence one another.
- Subjects :
- Male
Sleep Wake Disorders
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Severity of Illness Index
California
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Cost of Illness
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Original Reports
Severity of illness
Ambulatory Care
medicine
Humans
Aged
Sleep disorder
Family caregivers
business.industry
Actigraphy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Sleep in non-human animals
Caregivers
Oncology
Ambulatory
Physical therapy
Female
Family Relations
Sleep
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15277755 and 0732183X
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9227c498dd451ef1479f26d15b8f3fff