Can improving quality of sleep reduce the symptoms of cancer‐related fatigue in adults?: A systematic review

Dean, Rogan

doi:10.1111/ecc.13597

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“…Cheung et al (2015) found the decline in brain activity after stimulating the Shenmen acupoint, which is associated with reduced arousal, suggests Shenmen acupoint stimulation may promote sleep. Strong scientific evidence supports that increasing total sleep time reduces the symptoms of fatigue (Dean, 2022; Mantua et al, 2019), which may explain the beneficial effect of Shenmen acupoint selection on fatigue alleviation in patients receiving hemodialysis. However, the question remains regarding the direction of the effect between sleep improvement and fatigue mitigation.…”

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Effectiveness of Acupressure for Fatigue Alleviation in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

CHANG,

ROMADLON,

CHEN

et al. 2024

Journal of Nursing Research

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Background Fatigue, a major health concern among patients receiving hemodialysis, is associated with poor quality of life, negative emotions, and cognitive dysfunction. Acupressure is a low-cost and noninvasive traditional Chinese therapy that has been widely used in community and clinic settings. However, the beneficial effects of acupressure on various aspects of fatigue among these patients have not been systematically investigated. Purpose This study was designed to determine the effects of acupressure on fatigue in patients receiving hemodialysis. The moderating influences of bio-sociodemographic characteristics and methodology on the association between acupressure and posthemodialysis fatigue were also examined. Methods Four electronic databases were searched for qualified articles published between database inception and November 2, 2022. Only randomized controlled trials designed to investigate the effects of acupressure on fatigue in patients receiving hemodialysis were qualified for consideration. A random-effects model was used for data analysis. Results Eight randomized controlled trials with 11 effect sizes and 725 participants were included in this study. In these studies, acupressure was found to have a significantly higher alleviation effect on general fatigue (g = −0.78; 95% confidence interval [−1.09, −0.48]) and the behavioral, emotional, sensory, and cognitive domains of fatigue (g = −0.51, −0.51, −0.72, and −0.41, respectively) among patients receiving hemodialysis than those in the control groups. Furthermore, the stimulation of the Shenmen acupoint was found to increase the effects (p < .01) of acupressure on fatigue reduction significantly. Notably, the use of special equipment to perform the acupressure was not found to significantly improve outcomes (p = .99). Conclusions/Implications for Practice Acupressure is effective in alleviating fatigue in patients receiving hemodialysis, particularly when the Shenmen acupoint is used together with other acupoints, and is effective without the application of special equipment. Acupressure may be adopted as a complementary therapy for fatigue alleviation in patients receiving hemodialysis. Based on the findings, healthcare providers should coach patients receiving hemodialysis with fatigue on how to use acupressure therapy appropriately to alleviate this health concern.

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Effectiveness of Acupressure for Fatigue Alleviation in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

CHANG,

ROMADLON,

CHEN

et al. 2024

Journal of Nursing Research

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“…Nevertheless, a recent systematic review showed that improving sleep quality eased the symptoms of cancer-related fatigue although was unable to determine if sleep quality improvement was the sole factor behind fatigue lessening. 20 Of note, patients who had been overweight before weight loss reported positive impact of weight loss, especially female patients.…”

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Patient Willingness to Use Digital Health Technologies: A Quantitative and Qualitative Survey in Patients with Cancer Cachexia

Tarachandani¹,

Karahanoğlu²,

Messere³

et al. 2023

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Purpose The objective of this study was to gain insights into the patients’ perspectives on the impact of cancer cachexia on physical activity and their willingness to wear digital health technology (DHT) devices in clinical trials. Patients and Methods We administered a quantitative 20-minute online survey on aspects of physical activity (on a 0–100 scale) to 50 patients with cancer cachexia recruited through Rare Patient Voice, LLC. A subset of 10 patients took part in qualitative 45-minute web-based interviews with a demonstration of DHT devices. Survey questions related to the impact of weight loss (a key characteristic in Fearon’s cachexia definition) on physical activity, patients’ expectations regarding desired improvements and their level of meaningful activities, as well as preferences for DHT. Results Seventy-eight percent of patients reported that their physical activity was impacted by cachexia, and for 77% of them, such impact was consistent over time. Patients perceived most impact of weight loss on walking distance, time and speed, and on level of activity during the day. Sleep, activity level, walking quality and distance were identified as the most meaningful activities to improve. Patients would like to see a moderate improvement of activity levels and consider it meaningful to perform physical activity of moderate intensity (eg, walk at normal pace) on a regular basis. The wrist was the preferred location for wearing a DHT device, followed by arm, ankle, and waist. Conclusion Most patients reported physical activity limitations since the occurrence of weight loss compatible with cancer-associated cachexia. Walking distance, sleep and quality of walk were the most meaningful activities to moderately improve, and patients consider moderate physical activity as meaningful. Finally, this study population found the proposed wear of DHT devices on the wrist and around the waist acceptable for the duration of clinical studies.

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“…In most studies, 30–60% of cancer survivors experienced CRF during treatment (Bower, 2014 ), which significantly reduced the quality of daily life (Yang et al, 2019 ) and shortened survival (Quinten et al, 2011 ). Related studies have found that when compared with survivors with low fatigue trajectory, survivors with high fatigue trajectory were more often associated with anxiety, depression and sleep disorders (Bower et al, 2018 ; Dean, 2022 ). Therefore, it is necessary to take appropriate measures and interventions to reduce CRF for cancer survivors.…”

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Effects of dyadic-based physical activity intervention on cancer-related fatigue among cancer survivors: A scoping review

et al. 2023

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ObjectiveCancer-related fatigue is one of the most common adverse reactions to cancer survivors, which has a significant impact on the daily life. As a traumatic event, cancer not only brings great physical and mental harm to patients, but also poses a threat to the physical and psychological health of caregivers. Current studies have shown that physical activity improves cancer-related fatigue in cancer survivors. And studies have suggested that dyadic interventions are more effective in improving patient outcomes and may also provide some benefits to caregivers. But the literature on the effects of dyadic-based physical activity on improving cancer-related fatigue has not been synthesized. This scoping review described the scope and impact of studies on cancer-related fatigue with dyadic-based physical activity interventions.MethodsSix databases which is PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL and Medline were searched for all studies of dyadic-based physical activity interventions with outcome measures including cancer-related fatigue published since the inception of the databases through May 2022. The search strategy was developed based on PICO principles.ResultsThis article includes 6 pre and post-test designs and 2 randomized controlled trial design. The majority of participants were survivors with breast and lung cancer. The overall results showed that the effectiveness of dyadic-based physical activity interventions in improving cancer-related fatigue was unsatisfactory.ConclusionsThis scoping review suggests that current dyadic-based physical activity interventions are not well-researched among cancer survivors. In the future, more high-quality studies with more sophisticated and rigorous interventions are needed.

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Can improving quality of sleep reduce the symptoms of cancer‐related fatigue in adults?: A systematic review

Cited by 5 publications

References 48 publications

Effectiveness of Acupressure for Fatigue Alleviation in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Effectiveness of Acupressure for Fatigue Alleviation in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Patient Willingness to Use Digital Health Technologies: A Quantitative and Qualitative Survey in Patients with Cancer Cachexia

Effects of dyadic-based physical activity intervention on cancer-related fatigue among cancer survivors: A scoping review

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