Sleep Deficiency: A Symptoms Perspective: Exemplars from Chronic Heart Failure, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Breast Cancer

Sleep Med Clin. 2024 Dec;19(4):537-548. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2024.07.003.

Abstract

Sleep deficiency is associated with disabling daytime symptoms, including excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and fatigue. The purpose of this article is to discuss the contributions of sleep deficiency and sleep disorders to fatigue and EDS among people with chronic conditions. We use exemplars from the literature on chronic heart failure, inflammatory bowel disease, and breast cancer to (1) describe the prevalence of fatigue and EDS and their consequences; (2) examine the evidence for the contributions of sleep deficiency and sleep disorders to these symptoms; and (3) recommend implications for future research and practice.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Fatigue; Heart failure; Inflammatory bowel disease; Sleep; Sleep disorders.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms* / complications
  • Chronic Disease
  • Fatigue / epidemiology
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Female
  • Heart Failure* / complications
  • Heart Failure* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / complications
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders* / epidemiology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders* / physiopathology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders* / therapy