TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between sleep and physical activity in female family caregivers at the initiation of patients' radiation therapy
AU - Willette-Murphy, Karen
AU - Lee, Kathryn A.
AU - Dodd, Marylin
AU - West, Claudia
AU - Aouizerat, Bradley E.
AU - Paul, Steven
AU - Swift, Patrick
AU - Wara, William
AU - Miaskowski, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
Funded by National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research Grant NR04835 and Grant T32 NR007088 and the Roadmap for Medical Research Grant K12RR023262.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Objective: To evaluate for differences in subjective and objective measures of sleep between physically active and inactive female family caregivers of oncology patients at the initiation of their spouses' radiation therapy and evaluate for differences in demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics between women in the 2 activity groups. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study. Setting: Two radiation treatment centers. Participants: Female family caregivers of patients who began radiation therapy for prostate, lung, or brain cancer. Methods: Women were categorized as inactive (n = 38) or active (n = 30) based on self-report ratings of activity over a period of 2 days. Activity groups were compared on demographic and clinical characteristics, self-reported measures of sleep and other symptoms, and objective measures of sleep using wrist actigraphy. Results: Inactive women had a higher number of comorbid conditions, lower levels of attentional function, less self-reported sleep time, a longer sleep onset latency, and a higher percentage of daytime sleep as measured by actigraphy compared with active women. Conclusions: Inactivity in female family caregivers of oncology patients is associated with poorer self-reported sleep and decreased attentional function.
AB - Objective: To evaluate for differences in subjective and objective measures of sleep between physically active and inactive female family caregivers of oncology patients at the initiation of their spouses' radiation therapy and evaluate for differences in demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics between women in the 2 activity groups. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study. Setting: Two radiation treatment centers. Participants: Female family caregivers of patients who began radiation therapy for prostate, lung, or brain cancer. Methods: Women were categorized as inactive (n = 38) or active (n = 30) based on self-report ratings of activity over a period of 2 days. Activity groups were compared on demographic and clinical characteristics, self-reported measures of sleep and other symptoms, and objective measures of sleep using wrist actigraphy. Results: Inactive women had a higher number of comorbid conditions, lower levels of attentional function, less self-reported sleep time, a longer sleep onset latency, and a higher percentage of daytime sleep as measured by actigraphy compared with active women. Conclusions: Inactivity in female family caregivers of oncology patients is associated with poorer self-reported sleep and decreased attentional function.
KW - Actigraphy
KW - Anxiety
KW - Cancer
KW - Depression
KW - Family caregiver
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sleep
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01032.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01032.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19538626
AN - SCOPUS:65949083339
SN - 0884-2175
VL - 38
SP - 367
EP - 374
JO - JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
JF - JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
IS - 3
ER -