The clinical relevance of sleep disturbance (“insomnia”) in patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care: a scoping review
Shauna Munir, Eva Jones, Faith Precious Omeokwe, Andrew Neil Davies · 2026
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Poor sleep is easy to overlook when cancer is advanced, yet it shadows everything else. Shauna Munir, Eva Jones, Faith Precious Omeokwe, and Andrew Neil Davies scope the literature on insomnia in palliative care. Four databases were searched from the start, plus hand searching. Studies needed a validated sleep tool or an objective measure. Sixteen studies qualified.
Disturbed sleep traveled with fatigue, drowsiness, anxiety, and depression. Quality of life suffered, and survival ran shorter. The authors call insomnia an orphan symptom in this setting. They urge teams to screen every palliative patient for it. When found, it deserves full assessment and treatment like any other symptom.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shauna Munir, Eva Jones, Faith Precious Omeokwe, Andrew Neil Davies |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |