SynthesisCancer medicine2015
Systematic review of sleep disorders in cancer patients: can the prevalence of sleep disorders be ascertained?
Synthesis in Cancer medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.
- Couples Sharing Sleep and Sickness: Dyadic Sleep-Wake Patterns, Health Consequences, and Intervention Efficacy in Cancer Patient-Caregiver Dyads-A Systematic Review and Preliminary Meta-Analysis.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
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- Effects of Aromatherapy on Physical and Mental Health of Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy and/or Chemotherapy: A Meta-Analysis.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and management of sleep disturbance in adults with primary brain tumours and their caregivers: a systematic review.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance in Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical nursing research · 2022Pooled it
- What is the evidence for mirtazapine in treating cancer-related symptomatology? A systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- An Integrative Review of Nonpharmacological Interventions to Improve Sleep among Adults with Advanced Serious Illness.Journal of palliative medicine · 2018Pooled it
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- Sleep and mental disorders: A meta-analysis of polysomnographic research.Psychological bulletin · 2016Pooled it
- Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Urothelial Cancer Who Are Ineligible for Cisplatin and Treated With First-Line Enfortumab Vedotin Alone or With Pembrolizumab.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024Trial
- Sleep and health-related quality of life in women following a cancer diagnosis: results from the Women's Wellness after Cancer Program in Australia.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Trial
- The short-term impact of methylprednisolone on patient-reported sleep in patients with advanced cancer in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Trial
- Efficacy and Safety of the Traditional Herbal Medicine, Gamiguibi-tang, in Patients With Cancer-Related Sleep Disturbance: A Prospective, Randomized, Wait-List-Controlled, Pilot Study.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018Trial
- Evaluating the Sleep Hygiene Awareness and Practice Scale in Midlife Women With and Without Breast Cancer.Journal of nursing measurement · 2016Trial
- Distinct sleep and rest-activity profiles according to adjuvant treatment exposure in women treated for breast cancer.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Preoperative resting heart rate and colorectal cancer mortality: a robust association, but causality remains unestablished.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026Article
- Psychological impact of CDK4/6 inhibitors in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer: Insomnia, anxiety and menopausal symptoms assessed by the Nottingham health profile.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Sleep Difficulties in a Large Multicenter Outpatient Oncology Population as Identified through Practice-Based Screening.Cancer research communications · 2026Article
- The assessment of sleep disturbances in cancer patients when measured with single items.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Sleep Disturbances in Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian pediatrics · 2025Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Although sleep is vital to all human functioning and poor sleep is a known problem in cancer, it is unclear whether the overall prevalence of the various types of sleep disorders in cancer is known. The purpose of this systematic literature review was to evaluate if the prevalence of sleep disorders could be ascertained from the current body of literature regarding sleep in cancer. This was a critical and systematic review of peer-reviewed, English-language, original articles published from 1980 through 15 October 2013, identified using electronic search engines, a set of key words, and prespecified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Information from 254 full-text, English-language articles was abstracted onto a paper checklist by one reviewer, with a second reviewer randomly verifying 50% (k = 99%). All abstracted data were entered into an electronic database, verified for accuracy, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and frequencies in SPSS (v.20) (North Castle, NY). Studies of sleep and cancer focus on specific types of symptoms of poor sleep, and there are no published prevalence studies that focus on underlying sleep disorders. Challenging the current paradigm of the way sleep is studied in cancer could produce better clinical screening tools for use in oncology clinics leading to better triaging of patients with sleep complaints to sleep specialists, and overall improvement in sleep quality.
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