Sleep disturbances in prostate cancer survivors one year after completing radiotherapy treatment.
Paula Blasco Valls,
Spain
PO-1385
Abstract
Sleep disturbances in prostate cancer survivors one year after completing radiotherapy treatment.
Authors: Paula Blasco Valls1, Verónica Chacón McWeeny1, Javier Martín Núñez2, Alejandro Heredia Ciuró2, María Granados Santiago3, Marie Carmen Valenza2
1Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Radiation Oncology, Granada, Spain; 2Universidad de Granada, Physical Therapy, Granada, Spain; 3Universidad de Granada, Nursing, Granada, Spain
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Purpose or Objective
Cancer
patients often report impaired sleep quality. Impaired sleep quality may be due
to increased levels of sleep-mediating cytokines resulting from cancer
treatment. The study purpose was to evaluate the sleep quality in prostate
cancer survivors after radiotherapy.
Material and Methods
In
this observational study, prostate cancer survivors and healthy controls match
by age and gender were included. These patients were evaluated one year after
radiotherapy treatment.
Comorbidities were assessed by the Charlson Comorbidities Index. Sleep quality
was evaluated by the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Results
Finally,
51 patients and 51 healthy controls were included in this study. The main age
was 70.04 years. Results are presented in the
following table:
Conclusion
This study has evidenced the presence of sleep
disturbances in prostate cancer survivors one year after radiotherapy.