Sleep-wake difficulties in community-dwelling cancer patients receiving palliative care: subjective and objective assessment.
Palliat Support Care
; 16(6): 756-766, 2018 12.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Prevalence rates of sleep difficulties in advanced cancer patients have varied widely across studies (12 to 96%), and none of these employed a diagnostic interview to distinguish different types of sleep-wake disorders. Moreover, very limited information is available on subjective and objective sleep parameters in this population. Our study was conducted in palliative cancer patients and aimed to assess rates of sleep-wake disorders and subsyndromal symptoms and to document subjective and objective sleep-wake parameters across various types of sleep-wake difficulties.METHOD:
The sample was composed of 51 community-dwelling cancer patients receiving palliative care and having an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score of 2 or 3. Relevant sections of the Duke Interview for Sleep Disorders were administered over the phone. An actigraphic recording and a daily sleep diary were completed for 7 consecutive days.RESULTS:
Overall, 68.6% of the sample had at least one type of sleep-wake difficulty (disorder or symptoms) 31.4% had insomnia and 29.4% had hypersomnolence as their main sleep-wake problem. Participants with insomnia as their main sleep difficulty had greater disruptions of subjective sleep parameters, while objectively-assessed sleep was more disrupted in patients with hypersomnolence comorbid with another sleep-wake difficulty.Significance of theResults:
The high rates of sleep-wake difficulties found in this study indicate a need to screen more systematically for sleep-wake disorders, including insomnia and hypersomnolence, in both palliative care research and clinical practice, and to develop effective nonpharmacological interventions specifically adapted to this population.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos del Sueño-Vigilia
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Vida Independiente
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Palliat Support Care
Asunto de la revista:
TERAPEUTICA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá