How Common Is Anxiety, Sleep Disturbance in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy?
Home > Patient Voice > How Common Is Anxiety, Sleep Disturbance in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy? More than 40% of patients receiving outpatient oncology treatment reported both anxiety and sleep disturbance, according to a study published in Cancer Nursing. Alejandra Calvo-Schimmel, PhD, RN, of the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues, conducted the research because anxiety and sleep disturbances are “frequent symptoms during chemotherapy.” For example, a
