FAMILY Sleep Program

FAMILY Sleep Program

The purpose of this study is to learn about sleep behaviors and test different ways to help patients with cancer and partners. Participants (patient-sleep-partner caregivers dyads as a unit) participate in the study together.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The eligibility criteria for patients are

  • newly diagnosed with stage I to IV of a solid tumor
  • diagnosis in the past seven years at the time of enrollment
  • having a consistent sleep partner.

• The eligibility criterion for caregivers is

  • a sleep partner of the patient.

• Additional eligibility criteria for both patients and caregivers are

  • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) ≥ 5,
  • willing to change sub-optimal sleep habits,
  • 18 years or older,
  • able to speak/listen English at the 8th grade level for intervention sessions,
  • able to read English or Spanish at the 8th grade for self-reported questionnaires, reside in Brevard County, Florida (FL),
  • only for participants of Aim 2, > 4 weeks after surgery, if any, prior to enrollment, and no surgery planned in the next 5 weeks during the study period because surgery affects sleep.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria for both patients and caregivers are:

  • having had a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, psychosis, or bipolar disorder that is not currently treated;
  • active suicidality, or substance or alcohol dependency in the past year;
  • currently have narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, or untreated sleep apnea that is screened using the Sleep Health Screen;
  • both patients and caregivers have an extreme chronotype, or do shift work to have no overlap in sleep schedule between them; and
  • plan trans-meridian travel during the period of data collection blocks; and
  • having hearing or visual impairment, dementia, or cognitive dysfunction.

• Adults unable to consent, individuals who are not yet adults, pregnant women, or prisoners will be excluded.