ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2022
Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Sleep in Couples Coping With Early-Stage Breast Cancer.
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- Longitudinal relationships of malnutrition risk, sleep disturbance, and fear of cancer recurrence in thyroid cancer patients: a cross-lagged panel model.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Managing sleep disruptions during cancer: Practical tips for patient education.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2024Article
- Familial aspects of fear of cancer recurrence: current insights and knowledge gaps.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Designing and validating an adaptation questionnaire among the husbands of Iranian Muslim women with breast cancer.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and sleep disturbance are common in cancer survivors. Yet, little research has examined their relationship, and even less is known about what links may exist between these variables among the intimate partners of cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This study examines the relationship between FCR and sleep disturbance in breast cancer survivors and their partners. Using daily sleep data collected at two distinct periods early in survivorship-the completion of adjuvant treatment and the first post-treatment mammogram-higher survivor and partner FCR was hypothesized to predict greater sleep disturbance.
methodsBreast cancer survivors and intimate partners (N = 76 couples; 152 individuals) each reported sleep duration, sleep quality, sleep onset latency, and wake after sleep onset each morning of two 21-day sleep diary bursts during the first year post-diagnosis. Three validated measures formed latent FCR factors for survivors and partners, which were used to predict average daily sleep.
resultsAcross both sleep diary bursts, survivor FCR was associated with their own reduced sleep duration, reduced sleep quality, and greater sleep onset latency. Survivor FCR was also associated with their partners' reduced sleep quality and greater sleep onset latency. Partner FCR was associated with their own reduced sleep duration, reduced sleep quality, and greater sleep onset latency. Partner FCR was also associated with survivors' reduced sleep quality.
conclusionsFindings revealed intrapersonal and interpersonal associations between FCR and sleep disturbance, addressing gaps in knowledge on FCR and an outcome with known short- and long-term implications for health and mortality.
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