The Unspecified and Unrecognized Sleep Problems in School-age Patients with Leukemia
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The purpose of this qualitative research is to investigate sleep problems and management of sleep problems among school-age patients with leukemia during chemotherapy. Informants were school-aged leukemia patients between the ages of 8 - 12 years who were admitted to the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, and they were undergoing chemotherapy for stage II onwards. Data were collected by in-depth interviews until data saturation was achieved by interviewing ten informants. Analyses of the data were carried out in the thematic approach essentially to draw conclusions and interpret them into key themes.
"The unspecified and unknown sleep problems" is one of the main focus areas of this study. These findings also reflect the fact that school-age patients with leukemia are also afflicted with insomnia at home and in the hospital. The results support the notion that school-age patients with leukemia during chemotherapy have unresolved sleep problems, and the results can be used as a basis for the care of this group of patients and future studies on similar issues.
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