Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in breast cancer: Use of a virtual reality prospective memory task.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have revealed both sleep alterations and prospective memory (PM) impairments in breast cancer (BC) patients. PM refers to memory of intended actions and is crucial for daily living tasks and treatment compliance. As sleep is known to favor memory consolidation, one may expect that changes in sleep quality related to BC would have an impact on PM performance. This study aimed at assessing sleep-dependent consolidation of intentions using an ecological, virtual reality-based PM task in BC patients not treated with chemotherapy.

Materials and methods

Thirty-seven early stages BC patients and 21 healthy controls (HC) participated in this study. PM was assessed using a virtual reality task, during which participants learnt a list of intentions and reca

SUBMITTER: Duivon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489900 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature