Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 535-547 , March 2010

Prevalence, Severity, and Correlates of Sleep-Wake Disturbances in Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors

  • Julie L. Otte, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Nursing Research, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Julie L. Otte, PhD, RN, Center for Nursing Research, Indiana University School of Nursing, 1111 Middle Drive, NU 338, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
    • ,
  • Janet S. Carpenter, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Nursing Research, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • ,
  • Kathleen M. Russell, DNS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Nursing Research, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • ,
  • Silvia Bigatti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health , Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • ,
  • Victoria L. Champion, DNS, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Nursing Research, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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 Funding: National Cancer Institute grant R25 CA117865, National Institute of Nursing Research grant F31 NR009890, an American Cancer Society Predoctoral Fellowship DSCN 108142, an Oncology Nursing Foundation Predoctoral Scholarship, the Walther Cancer Institute Foundation, American Cancer Society Quality of Life Study grant RSGPB-04-089-01-PBP, and the Survey of Quality of Life in African American Women, National Cancer Institute grant R03 CA-097737.

PII: S0885-3924(09)01127-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.004

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 535-547 , March 2010

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