Objective assessment of sleep status and its correlates among hospitalized children with cancer.
Objective assessment of sleep status and its correlates among hospitalized children with cancer.
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癌症住院儿童睡眠状况及其相关性的客观评估。
DOI:
10.1111/ped.12927
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Kamibeppu K.
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文献类型:
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作者:
Setoyama A;Ikeda M;Kamibeppu K.
BackgroundChildren with cancer are known to have sleep problems. Although hospitalization and psychosocial factors are considered to be the factors affecting children's sleep, few studies have confirmed these effects. The aims of this study were to describe the sleep status of hospitalized children with cancer and to explore the correlates.MethodsThe sleep status of 11 hospitalized children (aged 2–12 years) with cancer was measured using actigraph and sleep diary during hospitalization and a short home stay. Possible correlates were assessed using a questionnaire.ResultsThe participants had significantly longer sleep onset latency, earlier bedtime, and poorer self‐evaluated sleep quality during hospitalization than the short home stay. They had shorter total sleep time, longer wake time after sleep onset, and less sleep efficiency at home, compared with healthy historical controls. Children's age, symptoms, hospitalization period, Cognitive Fatigue, Procedural Anxiety, Treatment Anxiety, Social Anxiety, and Separation Anxiety, as well as caregiver anxiety, Receptive and Focused Attitude, and Regimented Attitude were significantly correlated with sleep variables.ConclusionsHospitalization decreased self‐evaluated sleep quality, and difficulty falling asleep. The sleep of the participants at home was disturbed compared with that of healthy children. Hospitalization, patient characteristics, disease‐related, and some psychosocial factors were associated with sleep variables. Medical professionals should develop a favorable environment for falling asleep in hospital for individual children. Children with cancer in the early period of hospitalization need increased care to facilitate good sleep.