The Relationship of Subjective Sleep Quality, Pain, and Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Kyriaki Mystakidou,
Efi Parpa,
Eleni Tsilika,
Maria Pathiaki,
Kostas Gennatas,
Vassilios Smyrniotis,
Ioannis Vassiliou
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/30.6.737
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , affect (linguistics) , sleep (system call) , pittsburgh sleep quality index , cancer pain , mediation , sleep quality , cancer , insomnia , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , communication , computer science , political science , law , operating system
Cancer patients have been reported to complain about poor quality of sleep. This study evaluated the quality of sleep in this group, utilizing demographic data and clinical features of the cancers as assessment criteria. A secondary aim was to evaluate the correlation between the self-rated questionnaire for the quality of sleep with other instruments used in measuring pain and quality of life.
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