Cyprus University of Technology and Docent University, Turku, Finland.
Dorothy Hodges Olson Endowed, Omaha, NE, USA.
Support Care Cancer. 2019 Jul;27(7):2747-2753. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-04746-9. Epub 2019 Mar 22.
Throughout the cancer continuum, patients are faced with the cancer- and treatment-related side effects that can have a negative impact on their overall quality of life. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and sleep deficiency are among the symptoms that patients and their caregivers most often experience. An increasing body of literature suggests that a strong correlation between CRF and sleep deficiency exists, indicating that they may be reciprocally related and that they may have similar underlying etiology. This paper aims at bringing together the opinions of leading cancer control (i.e., CRF and sleep) and oncology experts in order to increase the understanding of CRF and sleep deficiency's assessment, associated symptom clustering, symptom burden shared by caregivers, and CRF and sleep deficiency management in the cancer care context.
在癌症病程的各个阶段，患者都会面临癌症及其治疗带来的副作用，这些副作用可能会对他们的整体生活质量产生负面影响。癌症相关性疲劳（CRF）和睡眠不足是患者及其护理人员最常经历的症状之一。越来越多的文献表明，CRF 和睡眠不足之间存在很强的相关性，这表明它们可能是相互关联的，并且可能具有相似的潜在病因。本文旨在汇集领先的癌症控制（即 CRF 和睡眠）和肿瘤学专家的意见，以提高对 CRF 和睡眠不足评估、相关症状群、护理人员共同承担的症状负担以及癌症护理背景下 CRF 和睡眠不足管理的理解。
