Sleep-Wake Disturbances Search Strategy and Results

Initial references prior to update: 24
 
Databases searched for update: PubMed, CINAHL
 
Search results of literature retrieved 1/1/2009–1/1/2019
  • PubMed:
    • Sleep Disorders/therapy[mesh] OR Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders[mesh] OR Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/therapy[mesh] OR (sleep[ti] AND disturb*[ti]) OR (sleep[ti] AND wake[ti]) OR (sleep[ti] AND cancer[ti]) OR (insomnia[ti] AND cancer[ti]) AND ("2009/01/01"[PDAT] : "2019/01/01"[PDAT] AND cancer[sb])
    • 1,973 citations retrieved
  • CINAHL:
    • (TI sleep OR MJ sleep OR TI insomnia OR MJ insomnia OR TI restless OR MJ “restless legs” OR "wake N2 disturbanc*" OR MH Sleep Disorders) AND (cancer* OR neoplasm* OR oncolog*) 
    • Limiters: English language; Clinical Queries: Therapy - High Sensitivity, Therapy - High Specificity, Therapy - Best Balance
    • 613 citations retrieved
189 titles selected for full article review
 
183 final studies included after removal of duplicates and studies that did not meet inclusion criteria, and addition of manuscripts retrieved in other topics meeting sleep/wake disturbances-specific criteria
 
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. Full research report, systematic review, guideline or meta-analysis
  2. Study must report results of measurement of sleep disturbance or sleep quality.
  3. The study examines an intervention aimed at affecting the symptom of sleep disturbance or sleep quality.
  4. Study sample must include patients with cancer.
  5. As of 1/1/2016, additional inclusions are (a) sample size of at least 40 or 20 per study group, and (b) for complex interventions, the description of the intervention must be sufficient to identify the components of that intervention.
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. Grey literature
  2. Descriptive study