Open AccessPrevalence and severity of sleep difficulty in patients with a CNS cancer receiving palliative care in Australia
Author(s) -
Megan S. Jeon,
Haryana M. Dhillon,
Joseph Descallar,
Lawrence Lam,
Samuel F Allingham,
Eng Siew Koh,
David C. Currow,
Meera Agar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuro-oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2054-2585
pISSN - 2054-2577
DOI - 10.1093/nop/npz005
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , sleep (system call) , cohort , disease , population , distress , psychological intervention , physical therapy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , nursing , environmental health , computer science , operating system
The literature describing the incidence of sleep difficulty in CNS cancers is very limited, with exploration of a sleep difficulty symptom trajectory particularly sparse in people with advanced disease. We aimed to establish the prevalence and longitudinal trajectory of sleep difficulty in populations with CNS cancers receiving palliative care nationally, and to identify clinically modifiable predictors of sleep difficulty.