Resumen de Incidence of sleep problems and their mediating role on depression and anxious preoccupation in patients with resected, non-advanced cancer: data from NEOcoping study

Caterina Calderón Garrido, Alberto Carmona Bayonas, Raquel Hernández San Gil, Beatriz Castelo Fernández, S. Varma, Olga Donnay Candil, D. Gomez, P. Jiménez Fonseca

• Background Our study analyzes the incidence of sleep problems and their mediating role on depression and anxious preoccupation in patients with resected, non-advanced cancer.

  Methods A multi-institutional, prospective, observational study was conducted with 750 participants of 14 hospitals in Spain. Participants’ socio-demographic and clinical characteristics were collected using a standardized self-report form and using EORTC QoL-QLQ-C30, BSI, Mini-MAC questionnaires.

  Results In women, sleep problems, depression and anxious preoccupation were observed in 65, 41 and 21%, respectively. In men, sleep problems, depression and anxious preoccupation were reported in 51, 29 and 61%, respectively. More sleep problems, depression and anxious preoccupation were found among women than males. Depression was a significant predictor of anxious preoccupation. In males, sleep problems partially mediated this association. This was not confirmed in women.

  Conclusion Our findings point toward the importance of developing interventions that decrease depression and sleep problems in cancer.