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Relationship between sleep problems and psychological outcomes in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors and controls

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Daniel, Lauren, Kazak, Anne E., Li, Yimei, Hobbie, Wendy, Ginsberg, Jill, Butler, Eliana, Schwartz, Lisa·2016·Supportive Care in Cancer

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Purpose How cancer history and distress relate to sleep outcomes of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) is unclear. The current study compares AYA cancer survivors to controls on indicators of sleep and fatigue; examines the concurrent association between psychological status, sleep, and fatigue; and investigates the lagged relationship between sleep and fatigue problems with psychological functioning.Methods AYA cancer survivors (n = 167) and controls (n = 170), ages 16 to 30, completed measures at a survivorship clinic/primary care visit (time 1) and 2 months later (time 2). Participants completed questions about sleep quality, quantity, sleep medication use, self-reports of sleep problems, and fatigue in addition to measures of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS).Results There were no differences in sleep quantity or quality between survivors and controls, but survivors reported significantly more fatigue. Within groups, AYAs with self-reported sleep and fatigue problems reported significantly higher depression, anxiety, and PTS symptoms. Controlling for baseline depression, sleep, and fatigue problems at time 1 significantly predicted depression at time 2 in survivors but not in controls.Conclusion This study offers important insight into the psychological functioning of childhood cancer survivors and prospectively describes sleep and fatigue as risk factors for poor psychological functioning in survivors. These findings support screening for sleep problems in AYA survivors as these difficulties are closely related to mental health functioning.

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  • Physical symptoms and emotional distress contribute to significant social, economic, and health burdens for young adult cancer survivors.

    “Consequently, physical symptoms and emotional distress contribute to significant social, economic, and health burdens for YA at a time when they should otherwise be on an upward social, economic, and health trajectory [18–22].”

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    The Results report that survivors with sleep or fatigue problems had more health concerns and psychological symptoms. The Discussion says these problems may impair school and social functioning, but the paper does not establish an economic burden or the claimed upward social, economic, and health trajectory. It also treats the effect on social functioning as a possibility, not a demonstrated consequence. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  1. [8]Carskadon MA Mindell J Drake C 2006 Contemporary sleep patterns of adolescents in the USA: results of the 2006 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Poll Journal of Sleep Research England Blackwell Publishing Oxon 42

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Authors
Daniel, L., Kazak, A. E., Li, Y., Hobbie, W., Ginsberg, J., Butler, E., & Schwartz, L.
Affiliations
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
  • Thomas Jefferson University (US)
Corresponding author
Daniel, Lauren
Venue
Supportive Care in Cancer
Published
2015-07-01
Volume
24
Issue
2
Pages
539-546
ISSN
  • 0941-4355 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-7339
OpenAlex
W776513409
Cited by
77
References
47
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FWCI
6.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Supportive Care in Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (L40 HL115784)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA106928, R01CA106928, P30CA016520)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, sleep disorders, fatigue, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, psychological functioning, childhood cancer survivors, sleep quality, sleep medication use, mental health screening
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Mental Disorders, Depression, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Sleep, Sleep Wake Disorders, Survivors, Young Adult

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