ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2020
Sleep problems in advanced cancer patients and their caregivers: Who is disturbing whom?
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- 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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- Efficacy of Moxibustion for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Integrative cancer therapiesPooled it
- The effect of narrative nursing on improving the negative emotions and quality of life of patients with moderate to severe cancer pain.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Trial
- Caring for the caregivers: breast and cervical cancer screening among informal caregivers of cancer patients - a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Dyadic Associations Between Stress and Sleep Quality and Moderating Effects of Emotional Intimacy and in Survivors of Young Adult Cancer and Their Spouses: An Observational Study.Psycho-oncology · 2026Observational
- Evaluation of Sleep Disorders and Quality of Life in Patients With Mycosis Fungoides.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Associations between sleep and the gut microbiome in adults with colorectal cancer and their caregivers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Optimizing postoperative recovery in colorectal cancer patients through integrated psychological and nutritional interventions.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Protocol of testing the feasibility and acceptability of two brief dyadic sleep interventions for adults with cancer and their bedpartner caregivers.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Protocol of Brief Behavioral Treatment for insomnia intervention for adult patients with cancer and their sleep-partner caregivers.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Psychological Symptom Risks in Spouses of Cancer Patients and Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Counselling: A Descriptive and Correlational Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- The interdependence of depressive symptoms and sleep in dyads affected by cancer.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Understanding patients' emotional needs to strengthen therapeutic relationships: A deep insight into narrative nursing.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Examination of the relationship between the empathic tendencies and sleep quality of caregivers of cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Dyadic sleep in people with multiple sclerosis and their partners: current research and future directions.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Sleep Composition of Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Their Sleep-Partner Caregivers: Physical Health Correlates of Sleep Diary and Actigraphy Measurements.Psycho-oncology · 2024Article
- Sleep quality and psychological disorders in breast cancer female patients receiving radiotherapy at a tertiary oncology center in West Saudi Arabia.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Protocol of a dyadic sleep intervention for adult patients with cancer and their sleep-partner caregivers.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Family reported outcomes, an unmet need in the management of a patient's disease: appraisal of the literature.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Review
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Abstract
Background The aims of the study were to understand sleep problems and their effects in advanced cancer patients and spousal and intimate partner caregivers and to examine the directionality of the link between patients' and caregivers' sleep problems. Methods Fifty-four advanced cancer patients and their spousal and intimate partners were administered a battery of questionnaires that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Center for Epidemiological Studies at the patients' cancer diagnosis and at 2, 4, and 6 months after diagnosis. Results Patients' and caregivers' sleep duration was significantly related. Using cross-lagged panel analyses, caregivers' sleep quality significantly predicted patients' sleep quality and patients' sleep quality subsequently predicted caregivers' sleep quality. Patients' sleep latency significantly was found to significantly predict caregivers' sleep latency. Conclusion Patients diagnosed with cancer and their intimate partners have poor sleep quality and sleep patterns are related.
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