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Sleep loss and its effects on health of family caregivers of individuals with primary malignant brain tumors
Author(s) -
Pawl Jean D.,
Lee ShihYu,
Clark Patricia C.,
Sherwood Paula R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21545
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , medicine , mental health , quality of life (healthcare) , weight loss , physical health , social support , gerontology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychology , obesity , nursing , pathology , computer science , psychotherapist , operating system
Sleep loss places caregivers at risk for poor health. Understanding correlates of sleep loss and relationships to health may enable improvement of health of caregivers of individuals with primary malignant brain tumors (PMBT). In this cross‐sectional, descriptive study of 133 caregivers, relationships were examined between sleep loss and physical, mental, emotional, and social health at time of patient diagnosis. Sleep loss was not related to physical health. Shorter total sleep time was associated with greater fatigue and social support. Sleep quality was positively associated with quality of life. Further study is needed of the role of sleep loss in the PMBT caregiving trajectory and its long‐term relationship with health outcomes. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 36: 386–399, 2013