Check your sleep before you start: A secondary analysis of a stress management intervention for caregivers of stem cell transplant patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Caregiving for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients is associated with significant physical and psychological sequelae. While psychosocial interventions may reduce caregiver burden, knowledge regarding which caregivers may benefit the most from such interventions is limited. The purpose of this secondary analysis was to examine whether HSCT caregivers' peritransplant sleep moderated the effect of a psychosocial intervention on depression and anxiety posttransplant.

Methods

Participants included 135 caregivers (mean age = 54.23) who participated in randomized controlled trial and were assigned to receive either 8 weeks of Psychoeducation, Paced Respiration, and Relaxation (PEPRR) or treatment as usual (TAU). Sleep, depression, and anxiety were assessed

SUBMITTER: Ravyts SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8855839 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature