The study of sleep quality and its associated factors in postoperative patients with breast cancer / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To assess the sleep quality of postoperative patients with breast cancer,and find out influencing factors.Methods The measurement was to adopt Athens Insomnia Scale,Hamilton Depression Scale and Big Five Personality Scale to do questionnaire for 60 breast cancer postoperative patients and 60 healthy subjects.Results 88.34％ patients had sleep difficulty after operation.The score of sleep quality of patients (12.60 ± 4.65) were higher than that in control group (3.70 ± 3.77,P ＜ 0.05).Similarly,according to the stepwise multiple regressions,the score of sleep quality of patients were positively associated with anxiety,adaptability of personality and negatively associated with openness of personality.Conclusion Sleep problems of breast cancer postoperative patients are quite severe.The influencing factors of sleep quality of patients are anxiety,openness and adaptability of personality.