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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2010 Oct;19(10):1086–1093. doi: 10.1002/pon.1664

Table 2.

Sample of Focus Group Questions

Scope and Importance
  • 1

    In your experience, what are some of the ways cancer and its treatments have affected your sleep?

  • 2

    How important a topic is this in relation to other issues in your life?

  • 3

    How much do problems sleeping affect overall quality-of-life?

Impact of Cancer on Sleep
  • 4

    How do the physical symptoms of cancer interfere with sleep?

  • 5

    How do emotions related to cancer or its treatments affect sleep?

Impact of Sleep Difficulties on Quality of Life
  • 6

    Do problems sleeping make other physical symptoms worse? If yes, in what ways?

  • 7

    Do problems sleeping affect you psychologically, that is, do they change the way you feel or think?

  • 8

    What are some of the ways in which problems sleeping have affected your social life or relationships?

Managing Sleep Difficulties
  • 9

    How do you cope or manage the issues with sleep that we have discussed?