Sleep disturbance of adults with a brain tumor and their family caregivers: A systematic review

Jeon, MS; Dhillon, HM; Agar, MR

Sleep disturbance of adults with a brain tumor and their family caregivers: A systematic review

Jeon, MS Dhillon, HM Agar, MR

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Citation:: Neuro-Oncology, 2017, 19 (8), pp. 1035 - 1046
Issue Date:: 2017-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Jeon, MS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dhillon, HM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Agar, MR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6756-6119	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Neuro-Oncology, 2017, 19 (8), pp. 1035 - 1046	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1522-8517	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127516
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. All rights reserved. The high incidence and psychophysiological morbidities of sleep disturbance in cancer have been increasingly recognized. Yet, more detailed understanding of sleep disturbance and options for management have been neglected areas in both clinical care and research. Brain tumor patients have been particularly overlooked. A systematic search of the literature from 1990 to 2015 was performed to review sleep disturbance in adults with primary or secondary brain tumor and their family caregivers. Fifty eligible studies were identified, of which 12 focused on sleep, 37 reported sleep items within a health-related quality of life measure and 1 reported caregivers' sleep. No sleep intervention has been developed or tested for brain tumor patients. Sleep disturbance and somnolence were frequently reported as the most severely rated symptoms within health-related quality of life across the disease course or treatments, along with fatigue. However, sleep-focused studies yielded inconsistent results in small samples of mostly benign brain tumors in long-term remission from total tumor resection. The research using standardized, multifaceted sleep assessments, particularly in patients with malignant brain tumor and caregivers who are undergoing treatment, is seriously lacking. A more systematic examination of sleep disturbance is warranted to inform the development of better symptom management programs in this population.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Neuro-Oncology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/neuonc/nox019	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Brain Neoplasms	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Fatigue	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Depression	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Quality of Life	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Caregivers	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sleep Wake Disorders	en_US
dc.title	Sleep disturbance of adults with a brain tumor and their family caregivers: A systematic review	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	19	en_US
utslib.for	1109 Neurosciences	en_US
utslib.for	1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	8	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	19	en_US

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© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. All rights reserved. The high incidence and psychophysiological morbidities of sleep disturbance in cancer have been increasingly recognized. Yet, more detailed understanding of sleep disturbance and options for management have been neglected areas in both clinical care and research. Brain tumor patients have been particularly overlooked. A systematic search of the literature from 1990 to 2015 was performed to review sleep disturbance in adults with primary or secondary brain tumor and their family caregivers. Fifty eligible studies were identified, of which 12 focused on sleep, 37 reported sleep items within a health-related quality of life measure and 1 reported caregivers' sleep. No sleep intervention has been developed or tested for brain tumor patients. Sleep disturbance and somnolence were frequently reported as the most severely rated symptoms within health-related quality of life across the disease course or treatments, along with fatigue. However, sleep-focused studies yielded inconsistent results in small samples of mostly benign brain tumors in long-term remission from total tumor resection. The research using standardized, multifaceted sleep assessments, particularly in patients with malignant brain tumor and caregivers who are undergoing treatment, is seriously lacking. A more systematic examination of sleep disturbance is warranted to inform the development of better symptom management programs in this population.

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