Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Psychosoc Oncol. 2022;40(3):397-403. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2021.1910396. Epub 2021 Apr 13.
Poor sleep is one of the most common side effects of cancer treatment. One increasingly popular approach to manage side effects of cancer treatment is use of medicinal cannabis (MC).
Cancer patients using MC participated in semi-structured interviews to assess their experiences with MC (n = 24). A multi-stage thematic analysis was applied to interview transcripts. Themes related to use of MC for sleep were extracted.
The majority reported MC use for sleep. These participants reported that MC improved sleep initiation and continuity, resulted in decreased use of sleep medications, and that improved sleep led to better health. No participant reported MC was ineffectual for sleep or caused undesirable side effects when used for sleep.
Cancer patients often utilize MC to specifically manage poor sleep. There is a need for rigorous studies assessing prevalence of use for this indication and clinical trials to assess comparative efficacy and safety.
睡眠不佳是癌症治疗最常见的副作用之一。一种越来越受欢迎的治疗癌症副作用的方法是使用药用大麻（MC）。
使用 MC 的癌症患者参与了半结构化访谈，以评估他们使用 MC 的体验（n=24）。对访谈记录应用了多阶段主题分析。提取了与 MC 用于睡眠相关的主题。
大多数患者报告称 MC 可用于改善睡眠。这些参与者报告说，MC 改善了睡眠的开始和连续性，减少了睡眠药物的使用，改善了睡眠，从而改善了健康状况。没有参与者报告 MC 对睡眠无效或在用于睡眠时产生不良副作用。
癌症患者经常使用 MC 来专门治疗睡眠不佳。需要进行严格的研究来评估这种适应症的使用频率，并进行临床试验以评估比较疗效和安全性。
