Evaluating patterns and factors related to sleep disturbances in prostate cancer patients
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Prostate cancer patients may experience disturbed sleep as a result of their diagnosis or treatment. This study sought to evaluate disturbed sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness in newly diagnosed patients and those receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). This study was conducted with 74 patients. Subjective data using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and actigraphy data on ADT/ADT-naïve patients were collected. The prevalence of poor sleep quality, determined from PSQI and ESS scores, was 50% and 16.7% respectively. Those on ADT (n = 20) had poorer sleep quality as determined by significantly higher PSQI scores (70 vs. 40% scoring > 5) and were more likely to have poor sleep quality, sleep latency, and sleep efficiency than ADT-naïve patients (n = 40). Actigraphy data showed that ADT patients slept significantly longer (7.7 vs. 6.8 h), experienced a higher Fragmentation Index (48.3 vs. 37.4%), and had longer daytime nap duration (64.1 vs. 45.2 min) than ADT-naïve patients. The use of objective measures such as actigraphy in the clinical arena is recommended and may be used as a valuable tool for research into sleep assessment in prostate cancer patients.
Date Issued
2022-05-01
Date Acceptance
2022-04-28
Citation
Healthcare, 2022, 10 (5), pp.1-12
ISSN
2227-9032
Publisher
MDPI
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Healthcare
Volume
10
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2022 by the authors.
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
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Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
License URL
Identifier
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/5/832
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
sleep
insomnia
prostate cancer
actigraphy
sleep fragmentation
ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY
QUALITY-OF-LIFE
HOT FLASHES
MEN
INSOMNIA
ACTIGRAPHY
FATIGUE
SCALE
INDEX
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 832
Date Publish Online
2022-04-30