Sleep health in young women with breast cancer: a narrative review.
Youri HwangM Tish KnobfPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
Poor sleep health in women with breast cancer is a clinically relevant problem that persists after treatment. As sleep is multidimensional and multifactorial, future research should evaluate sleep with objective sleep measures as well as self-reports; consider longitudinal designs; include factors that potentially contribute to poor sleep quality, such as physical and psychological symptom distress, family stressors, and competing life demands for this age group; and explore the perspective of this younger population of survivors on sleep. For clinical practice, survivorship visits should incorporate sleep assessment for all breast cancer survivors, especially younger women.