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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2020 Sep 29;29(5):2761–2770. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05786-2

Table 2.

Sleep quality in the year before diagnosis as well as 10 months and 24 months post-diagnosis (WCHFS, 2012 – 2019).

Sleep Outcome 10 Pre-Diagnosis
(n=637)
Months Post-Diagnosis
(n=261)
24 Months Post-Diagnosis
(n=632)
PSQI Score, Mean (SD) 6.84 (4.29) 6.67 (4.03) 7.57 (4.53)
Clinically-Significant Sleep Disturbance1
 No, N (%) 271 (42.54%) 122(46.74%) 247 (39.08%)
 Yes, N (%) 366 (57.46%) 139(53.26%) 385 (60.92%)
Sleep Efficiency, Mean (SD) 79.20(18.54) 79.11 (18.66) 77.69(19.55)
Sleep Efficiency < 85%
 No, N (%) 296 (46.47%) 119(45.59%) 279(44.15%)
 Yes, N (%) 341 (53.53%) 142(54.41%) 353 (55.85%)
Hours of Overnight Sleep, Mean (SD) 5.88(1.56) 6.08(1.54) 5.92(1.54)
Sleep < 7 hours Per Night
 No, N (%) 229 (35.95%) 112(42.91%) 221 (34.97%)
 Yes, N (%) 408 (64.05%) 149(57.09%) 411 (65.03%)

Note: PSQI = Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; SD = standard deviation;

1

Clinically-significant sleep disturbance was defined as a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score of ≥ 5.29