ReviewBreast care (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Meta-Analysis of Changes in Sleep Quality of Women with Breast Cancer before and after Therapy.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of breast cancer treatment on sleep disturbance: a systematic review.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Pooled it
- Combined Aerobic and Resistance Training Improves Body Composition, Alters Cardiometabolic Risk, and Ameliorates Cancer-Related Indicators in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors with Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of cancer treatment on sleep quality in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- A Randomized Controlled Trial: Evaluating the Sleep, Cancer and Rest (SleepCaRe) Trial to Improve Health-Related Quality of Life in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2026Trial
- The need for comprehensive sleep disturbances assessment and management in breast cancer care.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
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- The effect of sleep quality on attitudes toward death in breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Review
- Returning to Work after Breast Cancer: A One-Year Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 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
- Factors associated with poor sleep quality in midlife Singaporean women: The Integrated Women's Health program (IWHP).Sleep medicine: X · 2023Article
- Supporting Return to Work after Breast Cancer: A Mixed Method Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Living as a Survivor: Sleep Disturbance, Fatigue, Depressive Mood, and Cognitive Dysfunction After Breast Cancer Treatment.Cancer nursing · 2023Article
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- Association between Pre-Existing Sleep Disorders and Survival Rates of Patients with Breast Cancer.Cancers · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cancer treatments may affect the sleep quality and even future quality of life of women with breast cancer. A meta-analysis was performed to understand the changes in the sleep quality of women with breast cancer during their treatment period. In a systematic literature review in compliance with the PRISMA guidelines, we searched for articles published between 2000 and 2018 in databases. A total of 12 study articles were included. The standardized mean differences of the pooling effect size of sleep quality between the period before treatment and 1-8 weeks, 9-16 weeks, 17-24 weeks, and 25-56 weeks after the commencement of treatment were -0.020, -0.162, 0.075, and 0.216, respectively. Although the differences were not statistically significant, in view of the heterogeneity among the studies, we conducted further analysis using a linear mixed effect model. The overall results indicated poorer sleep quality as time passed from the start of the first treatment (
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