Sleep/Wake Disturbances

Sleep-Wake Disturbance – What is It?
A brief summary of how a sleep-wake disturbance is defined and general causative factors.
Sleep –Wake Disturbances & Cancer
A discussion of normal sleep and risk factors for disturbances of healthy sleep including disease- and treatment-related factors.
Sleep Disorders
A brief overview of common sleep disorders.
Sleep Assessment
A discussion of sleep assessment tools and key parameters for assessment when caring for individuals with cancer.
Sleep-Wake Disturbances & Symptom Clusters
Sleep-wake disturbances are frequently looked at as “symptom clusters”—groups of interrelated symptoms that can occur simultaneously and interact with each other to cause additional symptoms or worsen existing ones.
Evidence-Based Interventions
An overview of evidence that has been critiqued and summarized to provide evidence-based interventions for those experiencing sleep-wake disturbances.
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