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Sleep disturbance, distress, and quality of life in ovarian cancer patients during the first year after diagnosis

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Clevenger, Lauren, Schrepf, Andrew, DeGeest, Koenraad, Bender, David, Goodheart, Michael, Ahmed, Amina, Dahmoush, Laila, Penedo, Frank +6 more·2013·Cancer

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbance is a common clinical complaint of oncology patients and contributes to substantial morbidity. However, because most sleep studies have been cross‐sectional, associations between sleep quality and distress in patients with ovarian cancer over time remain unclear. This prospective longitudinal study examined rates of sleep disturbance; contributions of depression, anxiety, and medication use in sleep disturbance; and associations between sleep quality and quality of life (QOL) during the first year after diagnosis among women with ovarian cancer. METHODS: Women with a pelvic mass completed measures of sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and QOL before surgery. Those diagnosed with primary epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer repeated surveys at 6 months and 1 year after diagnosis. Mixed modeling was used to examine trajectories of psychosocial measures over time, as well as associations between changes in distress and sleep quality. Relationships between changes in sleep and QOL were also examined. RESULTS: The majority of patients reported disturbed global sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index > 5) at all 3 time points. Medications for sleep and pain were associated with worse sleep at all time points. Greater increases in depression were associated with increased disturbances in sleep quality over time (P < .04). Worsening sleep was also associated with declines in QOL over time (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Sleep disturbance is common and persistent in women with ovarian cancer, and is linked to depressive symptoms and QOL. Pharmacologic treatment does not appear to adequately address this problem. Results highlight the need for ongoing screening and intervention for sleep disturbance in this population. Cancer 2013;119:3234–3241. © 2013 American Cancer Society.

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  • Physical and psychological symptoms often persist for more than 10 years after cancer treatment.

    “These symptoms often persist for more than 10 years’ post-treatment [3–11].”

    From Acceptance and commitment therapy in adult cancer survivors: a systematic review and conceptual model (2021) · cites this paper as [6]

    The Introduction (page not provided) says sleep disturbance can persist after cancer treatment and cites insomnia symptoms up to 2–5 years after treatment. The Discussion reports persistent sleep disturbance during the first year after ovarian cancer diagnosis. Neither passage supports persistence of physical and psychological symptoms for more than 10 years post-treatment. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Ovarian cancer survivors often have long-term symptoms such as anxiety, depression, sleep problems, fatigue, physical symptoms, reduced health-related quality of life, and a poor outlook.

    “Ovarian cancer (OC) survivors commonly experience chronic symptoms including anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, fatigue, physical symptoms, poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and a generally poor prognosis.”

    From Living Well: Protocol for a web-based program to improve quality of life in rural and urban ovarian cancer survivors (2024) · cites this paper as [3]

    The Discussion reports that sleep disturbance commonly persisted through the first year after ovarian cancer diagnosis and was associated with diminished quality of life; the Introduction also describes anxiety as common and notes poor prognosis. The paper links depression to poor sleep, but does not establish that ovarian cancer survivors commonly have chronic fatigue or the unspecified physical symptoms in the claim. Its follow-up extends only to one year, so it does not establish longer-term persistence of the full symptom list. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Adults with cancer commonly have physical and psychological symptoms during and after primary treatment.

    “People with cancer experience significant physical and psychological symptoms, during as well as after primary treatment.”

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  • Cancer increases risk for psychological distress, which is linked with poorer quality of life, greater barriers to quality cancer care, and worse morbidity and mortality.

    “These coping patterns are important because cancer elevates risk for psychological distress (25) which in turn has been linked with poorer QOL (26–28), greater barriers to quality cancer care (29–33) and worse morbidity and mortality (32–36).”

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Clevenger, L., Schrepf, A., DeGeest, K., Bender, D., Goodheart, M., Ahmed, A., Dahmoush, L., Penedo, F., Lucci, J., Thaker, P. H., Mendez, L., Sood, A. K., Slavich, G. M., & Lutgendorf, S. K.
Affiliations
  • University of Iowa (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Division of Gynecologic Oncology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Florida International University College of Medicine Miami Beach Florida
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Lutgendorf, Susan K.
Venue
Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-06-24
Volume
119
Issue
17
Pages
3234-3241
ISSN
  • 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0142
OpenAlex
W1521235129
Cited by
127
References
47
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FWCI
4.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (R21CA088293, CA-104825, CA140933, R01CA104825, R01CA140933)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
Keywords
sleep disorders, ovarian cancer, quality of life, depression, anxiety, psychosocial distress, sleep medication, analgesics
MeSH terms
Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Adult, Aged, Analgesics, Antidepressive Agents, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, Ovarian Neoplasms, Peritoneal Neoplasms, Prospective Studies, Quality of Life, Sleep Wake Disorders, Stress, Psychological, Anti-Anxiety Agents, United States, Neoplasm Grading

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