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dc.contributor.authorLerdal, Annersen_US
dc.contributor.authorSlåtten, Karien_US
dc.contributor.authorSaghaug, Elisabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrov, Ellen Karineen_US
dc.contributor.authorNormann, Are Pederen_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, Kathryn A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBjorvatn, Bjørnen_US
dc.contributor.authorGay, Caryl Len_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-24T09:48:46Z
dc.date.available2016-02-24T09:48:46Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationLerdal, A., Slåtten, K., Saghaug, E., Grov, E. K., Normann, A. P., Lee, K. A., ... & Gay, C. L. (2016). Sleep among bereaved caregivers of patients admitted to hospice: a 1-year longitudinal pilot study. BMJ open, 6(1).en_US
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1306976en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/3075
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This pilot study aimed to describe the sleep of partners and other family caregivers prior to and in the first year after a hospice patient’s death. The study also evaluated the feasibility of the study protocol and determined the effect sizes in preparation for a full-scale study. Design: The pilot study used a longitudinal, descriptive and comparative design. Setting and participants: Participants included primary family caregivers of patients admitted to a hospice in Oslo, Norway. Primary outcome: Caregiver sleep was measured subjectively with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and objectively using wrist actigraphy for 4 nights and 3 days at three different times: during the hospice stay, and at 6 and 12 months after the patient’s death. Results: 16 family caregivers (10 partners and 6 other family members) completed the 1-year study protocol. Overall, sleep quality and quantity were stable over time and at each assessment, approximately half of the sample had poor sleep quality, both by self-report and objective measures. However, the sleep trajectories differed significantly over time, with older caregivers (≥65 years) having significantly longer sleep durations than younger caregivers (<65 years). Furthermore, sleep quality also differed over time depending on the caregiver’s relationship to the patient, with partner caregivers having significantly worse sleep quality than other family caregivers. Conclusions: Caring for a dying family member is known to interfere with sleep, yet little is known about bereaved caregivers. The results of this pilot study demonstrate the feasibility of the longitudinal study protocol and indicate that sleep problems are common for caregivers and continue into the bereavement period, particularly for partner caregivers. The caregiver’s relationship to the patient may be an important factor to consider in future studies.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMJ Open;6(1)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Sykepleievitenskap: 808en_US
dc.titleSleep among bereaved caregivers of patients admitted to hospice: a 1-year longitudinal pilot studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionThis is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009345


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