Sleep quality and fatigue in women with breast cancer during chemotherapy

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Pamina Roberta da
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Cruz, Lóris Aparecida Prado da, Nascimento, Talita Garcia do, Gozzo, Thais de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/32732
• topic: Nursing; Breast neoplasms; Drug therapy; combination; Sleep; Fatigue; Enfermería; Neoplasias de la mama; Quimioterapia combinada; Sueño; Fatiga; Enfermagem; Neoplasias da mama; Quimioterapia; Sono; Fadiga; Saúde da mulher; Oncologia

Objective: To identify the occurrence of changes in sleep before, during and after chemotherapy treatment and to correlate sleep disorders with episodes of fatigue in women with breast cancer. Method: Twenty-six women followed at the Mastology Outpatient Clinic of a university hospital who responded to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and to the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Fatigue to assess sleep and fatigue, respectively, in three moments. Results: The participants presented sleep disturbances throughout the treatment, characterized by night heat and difficulty to start sleep and that influenced the quality of sleep. There was a correlation between sleep quality and fatigue, with poor sleep quality increasing episodes of fatigue. Conclusion: Identifying the occurrence of these events during chemotherapy helps the professional team to provide guidelines for an adequate management of adverse events.