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- Title
Sleep disturbances in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors.
- Authors
Nolan, Vikki; Gapstur, Roxanna; Gross, Cynthia; DeSain, Lauren; Neglia, Joseph; Gajjar, Amar; Klosky, James; Merchant, Thomas; Stovall, Marilyn; Ness, Kirsten
- Abstract
Purpose: The aims of this study are to compare self-reported sleep quality in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors and a population-based comparison group, to identify treatment-related factors associated with sleep disturbances, and to identify the impact of post-treatment obesity and depression on sleep scores in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Methods: Randomly selected adult survivors of childhood brain tumors ( n = 78) and age-, sex-, and zip code-matched population-group members ( n = 78) completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Brief Symptom Inventory. Sleep quality and the effect of demographic, treatment, and post-treatment characteristics were evaluated with linear and logistic regression analyses. Results: Brain tumor survivors were 2.7 (95 % CI, 1.1, 6.5) times more likely than the comparison group to take greater than 30 min to fall asleep. Females in both groups reported worse sleep quality and impaired daytime functioning. Among survivors, post-treatment obesity was associated with daytime dysfunction. Conclusions: These results agree with previous studies associating sleep, sex, and obesity and identified longer sleep latency as being a problem among childhood brain tumor survivors. Further study identifying factors contributing to sleep latency, and its impact on quality of life among adult survivors of childhood brain tumors is needed.
- Subjects
BRAIN tumors; TUMORS in children; SLEEP disorders treatment; QUALITY of life; LOGISTIC regression analysis; OBESITY; PATIENTS
- Publication
Quality of Life Research, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 4, p781
- ISSN
0962-9343
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11136-012-0208-5