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

ABSTRACT: 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 rep

SUBMITTER: Jeon MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5570226 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature