OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the sleep quality of advanced cancer patients and its relationship with pain, depression, and hopelessness. METHODS: The participants were 102 advanced cancer patients who were on palliative treatment. Patients completed a sleep quality instrument, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); a pain assessment tool, the Greek Brief Pain Inventory; a self-report measure of depression, the Beck Depression Inventory; and, finally, the Beck Hopelessness Scale. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses (forward method) have shown that hopelessness (P=.003), "interference of pain with mood" (P<.0005), and strong opioids (P=.010) seemed to influence patients' sleep quality (PSOI). In an additional regression analysis (enter method), the PSQI is significantly related to opioids (P=.013), hopelessness (P=.035), and "interference of pain with mood" (P=.004). CONCLUSION: Hopelessness, pain treatment, and "interference of pain with mood" may influence the quality of sleep in advanced stages of cancer.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the sleep quality of advanced cancerpatients and its relationship with pain, depression, and hopelessness. METHODS: The participants were 102 advanced cancerpatients who were on palliative treatment. Patients completed a sleep quality instrument, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); a pain assessment tool, the Greek Brief Pain Inventory; a self-report measure of depression, the Beck Depression Inventory; and, finally, the Beck Hopelessness Scale. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses (forward method) have shown that hopelessness (P=.003), "interference of pain with mood" (P<.0005), and strong opioids (P=.010) seemed to influence patients' sleep quality (PSOI). In an additional regression analysis (enter method), the PSQI is significantly related to opioids (P=.013), hopelessness (P=.035), and "interference of pain with mood" (P=.004). CONCLUSION: Hopelessness, pain treatment, and "interference of pain with mood" may influence the quality of sleep in advanced stages of cancer.
Authors: Grigorios C Kotronoulas; Constantina N Papadopoulou; Anastasia Papapetrou; Elisabeth Patiraki Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2010-10-23 Impact factor: 3.603
Authors: Christopher G Slatore; Elizabeth R Goy; Daniel J Oʼhearn; Eilis A Boudreau; Jean P OʼMalley; Dawn Peters; Linda Ganzini Journal: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Date: 2012-04 Impact factor: 4.105
Authors: Kristin Garrett; Anand Dhruva; Theresa Koetters; Claudia West; Steven M Paul; Laura B Dunn; Bradley E Aouizerat; Bruce A Cooper; Marylin Dodd; Kathryn Lee; William Wara; Patrick Swift; Christine Miaskowski Journal: J Pain Symptom Manage Date: 2011-03-31 Impact factor: 3.612