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Differences in Sleep Disturbance and Fatigue Between Patients with Breast and Prostate Cancer at the Initiation of Radiation Therapy

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Garrett, Kristin, Dhruva, Anand, Koetters, Theresa, West, Claudia, Paul, Steven M., Dunn, Laura B., Aouizerat, Bradley E., Cooper, Bruce A. +5 more·2011·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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Context Little is known about the occurrence and severity of sleep disturbance and fatigue between patients with common cancer diagnoses.Objectives Study purposes were to evaluate for differences in the occurrence rates of sleep disturbances and fatigue; evaluate for differences in the severity of sleep disturbance using both subjective and objective measures; and evaluate for differences in the severity of self-reported fatigue in patients with breast and prostate cancer at the initiation of radiation therapy (RT).Methods Patients with breast (n=78) and prostate (n=82) cancer were evaluated before the initiation of RT using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, General Sleep Disturbance Scale, Lee Fatigue Scale, and wrist actigraphy. Differences in sleep disturbance and fatigue between groups were evaluated using independent sample t-tests and Chi-square analyses.Results Occurrence rates for sleep disturbance (P<0.0001) and fatigue (P=0.03) were significantly higher in patients with breast compared with prostate cancer. Patients with breast cancer self-reported significantly higher levels of sleep disturbance (P=0.008) and fatigue (P=0.005) than patients with prostate cancer. However, using actigraphy, patients with prostate cancer had poorer sleep efficiency (P=0.02) than patients with breast cancer.Conclusion Based on self-report, patients with breast cancer experience sleep disturbance more frequently and with greater severity than patients with prostate cancer. Objective measures of sleep disturbance suggest that prostate cancer patients have more severe sleep disturbance than breast cancer patients. All the patients experienced poor sleep quality and fatigue, which suggests that oncology patients need to be assessed for these symptoms.

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Garrett, K., Dhruva, A., Koetters, T., West, C., Paul, S. M., Dunn, L. B., Aouizerat, B. E., Cooper, B. A., Dodd, M., Lee, K., Wara, W., Swift, P., & Miaskowski, C.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Kaiser Permanente (US)
Corresponding author
Miaskowski, Christine
Venue
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-08
Volume
42
Issue
2
Pages
239-250
ISSN
0885-3924 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2137908971
Cited by
63
References
65
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FWCI
3.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NR04835)
  • National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research (KL2 RR624130)
  • Mount Zion Health Fund
  • UCSF Academic Senate
  • American Cancer Society
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Keywords
sleep disorders, cancer-related fatigue, breast cancer, prostate cancer, actigraphy, sleep efficiency, sleep quality
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Breast Neoplasms, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prostatic Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Sleep Wake Disorders, Actigraphy, Self Report

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