title: Sleep disturbance in patients with advanced cancer.
abstract: Sleep is a complex process, acknowledged to be essential for health and wellbeing. Sleep disturbance is reported to be a significant problem for patients across the cancer care trajectory, including those in the palliative phase of illness. This paper reviews the literature specific to sleep disturbance in patients with advanced cancer. The Human Response to Illness model, which is consistent with the central tenets of palliative care philosophy, provides a valuable framework to examine and organize the current knowledge related to sleep disturbance. The four perspectives of this biopsychosocial nursing model--physiology, pathophysiology, behavioural and experiential, as well as the personal and environmental factors--offer a broad perspective to better understand this multidimensional symptom and create a strong foundation for nursing care and future research directions.
authors.affiliation: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Palliative Care Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. hearsonb@mts.net
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hearson
authors.forename: Jo-Ann V
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sawatzky
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005544:Forecasting; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology