Purpose: This study is a descriptive research study to determine the relationship between quality of sleep and symptom experience, anxiety, depression, intended for patients with gastric cancer and identify factors that affect the quality of sleep.
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Purpose: This study is a descriptive research study to determine the relationship between quality of sleep and symptom experience, anxiety, depression, intended for patients with gastric cancer and identify factors that affect the quality of sleep.
Method: A total of 150 patients with gastric cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, operative, endoscopic submucosal dissection in a cancer hospital in Gyeonggi-do were included in the analyses. Research tools include the sleep quality is Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI-Korea version), gastric cancer symptoms experienced MD anderson symptom inventory (MDASI-GI Korea), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA,LSD, Scheffe post hoc test, Pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression in SPSS WIN 20.0 program.
Result: Subject's quality of sleep was 7.81±3.521 point on average and quality of sleep domain among 7 sub-domains scored the highest presenting 1.49 point. It was revealed that there were 104 subjects in group with low quality of sleep (69.3%) and 46 subjects in group with fair quality of sleep (30.7%).
In regards to symptom experience, 62% of total gastric cancer patients was presented to experience moderate fatigue or higher followed by distressed (upset) (58.0%), loss of appetite (55.3%), and sleepiness (drowsiness) (54.7%). Among daily life associated items influenced by the symptom, it was revealed that 48.6% of total gastric cancer patients was receiving moderate or higher influence on mood followed by enjoyment of life (42.7%), general activity (41.3%), and work (40.0%).
Anxiety rating was 6.66±3.766 point on average and 78 among total gastric cancer patients (51.9%) were under clinically significant anxiety. The depression rating was 7.89±3.173 point on average and 109 among total gastric cancer patients (72.7%) was under depression.
In regards to quality of sleep based on general trait, there was statistically significant difference based on economic burden (F=2.449, p=.049). For the quality of sleep based on illness associated trait, there was statistically significant difference based on diagnosis of gastric cancer (F=-2.116, p=.036), staging of gastric cancer (F=2.795, p=.043), and treatment status (F=3.686, p=.027).
There was statistically significant positive (+) correlation between the qualify of sleep and symptom experience (r=.455, p<.001), anxiety (r=.259, p<.001), and depression (r=.354, p<.001). There was statistically significant positive (+) correlation between symptom experience with anxiety (r=573, p<.001) and depression (r=.522, p=<.001).
In regards to difference in research variable based on sleeping disorder group, statistically significant difference was presented accordingly with the quality of sleep (F=-18.865, p=.001), degree of symptom (F=-3.535, p=.001), hindrance to daily life (F=-5.712, p=.001), total symptom points (F=-3.859, p= .001), anxiety (F=-2.249, p=.026), and depression (F=-3.476, p=.001).
In regards to the factor that has influence on gastric cancer patients' quality of sleep, it was revealed that there is a positive (+) correlation with symptom experience (β=.449, p<.001). In other words, it can be estimated that the quality of sleep will be lowered with the increase in degree of symptom experience. As a result of conducting regression model analysis, it was revealed to be highly statistically significant (F=2.763, p<.001) and explanatory power of model (Adj R2) was revealed to be .191.
Conclusion: As a result of conducting this research, it was revealed that symptom experience is a variable to be considered for enhancement in gastric cancer patients' quality of sleep. In order to enhance the gastric cancer patients' quality of sleep in the future, it was revealed that it is necessary to conduct nursing intervention to reduce symptom experience such as fatigue, distressed, loss of appetite, sleepiness, etc. The significance of such result lies in the fact that it can be provided as a foundation to develop nursing intervention program to enhance the gastric cancer patients' quality of sleep in the future.