ArticleBMJ open2023
Sleep hygiene strategies for individuals with chronic pain: a scoping review.
Article in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07178496 (Effect of Integrating Sleep Hygiene Techniques With Physiotherapy Exercise in Improving Sleep Quality and Disability in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Effect of Integrating Sleep Hygiene Techniques With Physiotherapy Exercise in Improving Sleep Quality and Disability in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of General Anesthesia Combined with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block on Postoperative Sleep Disorders in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Tumor Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Trial
- Effects of Aquatic Exercise on Sleep Quality in Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Why sleep matters in chronic pain: evidence across the lifespan.EBioMedicine · 2026Review
- Patients' experiences of chronic pain and sleep as a vicious circle: a qualitative explorative study from a pain rehabilitation setting.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Inadequate sleep hygiene as a key factor in poor sleep quality in systemic sclerosis: an observational, cross-sectional study.Rheumatology international · 2025Observational
- The impact of social participation on activities of daily living in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: the chain mediating effects of sleep quality and multidimensional frailty.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- A narrative review of the complex panorama regarding chronic neuropathic pain mainly for the psychological issues.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Pain and the Non-Pharmacological Management of Pain in People with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesUp to a quarter of the world's population experience chronic pain, which, in addition to interfering with daily activities and waking function, is often associated with poor sleep. Individuals experiencing poor sleep are often encouraged to implement sleep hygiene strategies. However, current sleep hygiene strategies have not been developed considering the unique challenges faced by individuals with chronic pain and therefore they might not be as effective in this population. The aim of this scoping review is to map the state of the existing literature examining sleep hygiene strategies in individuals with chronic pain.
designThis scoping review included a search of four online databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL) to identify articles examining the use of sleep hygiene strategies in populations with chronic pain.
resultsThirty articles investigated at least one sleep hygiene strategy in individuals with chronic pain, with improvements to sleep reported for six sleep hygiene strategies (education, exercise, limiting alcohol use, limiting tobacco use, prebed state and sleep environment). However, the timing of these strategies was often not reported which limits the degree to which these strategies can be generalised for use as a presleep strategy.
conclusionThis scoping review examined the existing literature focusing on sleep hygiene strategies for people with chronic pain. There are limitations to the methodology of the existing literature and gaps in our understanding of sleep hygiene strategies in some chronic pain conditions that must be addressed in future research before the effectiveness of these strategies can be understood.
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