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Relationships Among Pain, Fatigue, Insomnia, and Gender in Persons With Lung Cancer

Amy J. Hoffman
Barbara A. Given
Alexander von Eye
Audrey G. Gift
Charles W. Given
ONF 2007, 34(4), 785-792 DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.785-792
Purpose/Objectives: To examine the relationships among pain, fatigue, insomnia, and gender while controlling for age, comorbidities, and stage of cancer in patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer within 56 days of receiving chemotherapy. Design: Secondary data analysis. Setting: Accrual from four...
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Nocturnal Awakenings, Sleep Environment Interruptions, and Fatigue in Hospitalized Children With Cancer

Pamela S. Hinds
Marilyn Hockenberry
Shesh N. Rai
Lijun Zhang
Bassem I. Razzouk
Kathy McCarthy
Lola Cremer
Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo
ONF 2007, 34(2), 393-402 DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.393-402
Purpose/Objectives: To describe nocturnal awakenings and sleep environment interruptions experienced by children and adolescents hospitalized for two to four days to receive chemotherapy and to assess the relationships among nocturnal awakenings, sleep environment interruptions, sleep duration, and...
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Fatigue and Disrupted Sleep-Wake Patterns in Patients With Cancer: A Shared Mechanism

Horng-Shiuann Wu
Jean E. Davis
Teofanes Natavio
CJON 2012, 16(2), E56-E68 DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.E56-E68
The strong and potentially reciprocal relationship between cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and disrupted sleep-wake patterns suggests a possible shared physiologic pathway. A growing body of evidence supports this and shows that abnormalities in the 24-hour rhythm of stress-related hormones may be...
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Patients With Cancer

Susan Crump Woodward
CJON 2011, 15(4), E42-E52 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.E42-E52
Sleep-wake disturbances, particularly insomnia, are among the most prevalent and distressing symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. As a result of extensive interdisciplinary research conducted since 2000, cognitive-behavioral therapy now is considered the standard of care for the treatment...
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Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Recipients of Stem Cell Transplantation

Laura Boonstra
Karen Harden
Sarah Jarvis
Stephanie Palmer
Pam Kavanaugh-Carveth
Joe Barnett
Christopher R. Friese
CJON 2011, 15(3), 271-276 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.271-276
Disrupted sleep is considered a patient outcome sensitive to oncology nursing care and can lead to a variety of physical and psychologic dysfunctions, such as insomnia, chronic pain, respiratory distress, obesity, stress, and anxiety. Although sleep disturbances have been studied in recipients of...
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