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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Dec 16;128(7):1532–1544. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34066

Table 3:

Acceptability of the Adapted CBT-I Intervention for Cancer Survivors

Acceptability
Item
Rating
(1=Very low,
5=Very high)
Most/Least
Acceptable
Aspects
Exemplary Quote
Overall Satisfaction Median=5, Mean=4.5, SD=0.7 Most - Amount of improvement "I was satisfied because I saw the results at the end… I got results fairly quickly um I think that…was very satisfying. My sleep pattern is a lot better, and my mood is better"
Least - Brief duration "I felt I would've liked something that went beyond [4 weeks]. It didn't necessarily have to be with [the facilitator] who could be busy, but something added to what I was doing to keep moving me along"
Enjoyableness Median=5, Mean=4.3, SD=1.0 Most - Patient-centeredness “I thought it was great like having like somebody actually teaching me what to do and kind of like what things mean in regards to your sleep and not just you know giving me something to follow”
Least - Sleep prescription "The biggest problem I had was that I can't fall asleep in 15 minutes and so I would wake up in the [prescribed] time frame… the least enjoyable [aspect] was not getting enough sleep based on the parameters of the study"
Convenience Median=5, Mean=5.0, SD=0.0 Most - Virtual delivery "I couldn't be able to just go into the office just on a willynilly… so [virtual delivery] just worked out really well… just really makes it possible to do anything anywhere meeting wise"
Least - Virtual delivery "I normally prefer things in person, nothing specific about this program, but I would say if I if I lived close to the hospital, I think I would prefer in person"
Helpfulness Median=5, Mean=4.4, SD=0.8 Most - Content of program "I liked learning, you know, what actually helps you get better sleep and can fix the insomnia… was really helpful"
Least - Brief duration "A lot kind of jammed into those sessions…I just think if it was a little bit longer…maybe a couple of 45 minute sessions longer it would've been more helpful because I find that it might be easier to fall out of the pattern… once I started to look better I was like oh it's over now"
Odds of Future Use Median=5, Mean=4.5, SD=0.7 Most - Relaxation training "The deep breathing exercises like one hand on my stomach and one on my heart… just taking breaks throughout the day to do that"
Least - Sleep prescription "I think all the strategies that were taught I will use except for increasing my sleep drive… staying up later and like only getting 6 hours of sleep… that was really difficult for me"