Disruptions in sleep–wake cycles in community-dwelling cancer patients receiving palliative care and their correlates

@article{Bernatchez2018DisruptionsIS,
  title={Disruptions in sleep–wake cycles in community-dwelling cancer patients receiving palliative care and their correlates},
  author={Marie Solange Bernatchez and Jos{\'e}e Savard and Hans Ivers},
  journal={Chronobiology International},
  year={2018},
  volume={35},
  pages={49 - 62}
}
ABSTRACT Significant disruptions in sleep–wake cycles have been found in advanced cancer patients in prior research. However, much remains to be known about specific sleep–wake cycle variables that are impaired in patients with a significantly altered performance status. More studies are also needed to explore the extent to which disrupted sleep–wake cycles are related to physical and psychological symptoms, time to death, maladaptive sleep behaviors, quality of life and 24-h light exposure… 
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