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The purpose of this study was to describe sleep disturbance patterns, treatments, and communication in an advanced cancer outpatient population attending a pain and symptom control clinic.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Method:<\/jats:italic>One hundred oncology outpatients who came for consultation at a multidisciplinary pain and symptom control clinic were asked and agreed to complete a self-report questionnaire that elicited information about their sleeping habits, sleep concerns, sleep enhancement strategies, and related communication with health care providers.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results:<\/jats:italic>The majority of participants (72%) reported a wide variety of sleep disturbances, after cancer diagnosis, with the three most frequent elevated symptoms (\u22655) being not feeling rested in the morning (72%), difficulty staying asleep (63%), and difficulty falling asleep (40%). Approximately one-fifth of participants (19%) reported having insomnia problems prior to their cancer diagnosis. In a correlational comparison with four other symptoms (i.e., fatigue, pain, anxiety, depression), the three highest correlations were between difficulty falling asleep and fatigue (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>= 0.612), early awakening and fatigue (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>= 0.596), and difficulty falling asleep and anxiety (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>= 0.572). Fifty-three percent of participants reported using a variety of interventions for their sleep problems, the most frequent being sleep medication (37%). Of the 52 participants who reported an elevated level of concern about their sleeping difficulties (\u22655), 48 (92%) discussed their concerns with a health care provider. However, of the 20 participants with elevated symptoms (\u22655) and low levels of concern (&lt;5), only 7 (35%) communicated their concerns to a health care provider.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Significance of results:<\/jats:italic>The results of this study underline the importance of routine clinical assessments to detect sleep problems and interventions designed specifically to improve the overall sleep quality of cancer patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1478951505050042","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,10,7]],"date-time":"2005-10-07T17:42:39Z","timestamp":1128706959000},"page":"23-31","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":74,"title":["Sleep disturbances in palliative cancer patients attending a pain and symptom control clinic"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"RAMI A.","family":"SELA","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"SHARON","family":"WATANABE","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"CHERYL L.","family":"NEKOLAICHUK","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,8,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1478951505050042_ref037","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Valente, S.M. & Saunders, J.M. 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