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Self-Completion Questionnaire on Sleep Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Oxaliplatin Therapy: An Observational Study

Version 1 : Received: 10 January 2024 / Approved: 11 January 2024 / Online: 11 January 2024 (11:15:09 CET)

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Mussa, M.V.; Allegra, S.; Armando, T.; Storto, S.; Ghezzo, B.; Soave, G.; Abbadessa, G.; Chiara, F.; Di Maio, M.; Dagnoni, F.M.; De Francia, S. Self-Completion Questionnaire on Sleep Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Oxaliplatin Therapy: An Observational Study. Cancers 2024, 16, 946. Mussa, M.V.; Allegra, S.; Armando, T.; Storto, S.; Ghezzo, B.; Soave, G.; Abbadessa, G.; Chiara, F.; Di Maio, M.; Dagnoni, F.M.; De Francia, S. Self-Completion Questionnaire on Sleep Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Oxaliplatin Therapy: An Observational Study. Cancers 2024, 16, 946.

Abstract

Sleep is a fundamental human need: sleep disruption, in fact, causes an increase in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, metabolic effects, changes in circadian rhythms and pro-inflammatory responses. Sci-entific literature is finally starting to pay attention to the central role of sleep-wake rhythm alterations for patients health. Oxaliplatin is used extensively for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer and other malignancies, with increased frequency of use in recent years. This study aims to understand the effects of sleep-wake rhythm alterations on health and quality of life on cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin. Study has been conducted through the creation and distribution of questionnaires to patients to inves-tigate the potential alteration of the sleep-wake quality. Evaluating the influence of the collected variables on sleep quality, only liver and biliary tract and pancreas tumor lo-calization, in males, and previous difficulty sleeping, and anxiety, worries and stress, in females, resulted statistically significant. The results obtained may serve as foundation for designing awareness campaigns and updating of patients, healthcare personnel and caregivers, to improve health and quality of patients life.

Keywords

sleep-wake rhythm; alteration; oxaliplatin; cancer; health; life quality.

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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