Women with early stage breast cancer may experience difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. If this occurs for more than 4 weeks, these participants may have chronic insomnia. Chronic insomnia can lead to difficulty coping with stress, changes in mood, increased use of medications for sleep and an overall decrease in quality of life. The investigators have developed an internet-based website that is designed to help people manage symptoms typically experienced by breast cancer survivors, including insomnia, fatigue, pain and overall poor quality of life. The investigators want to learn whether this type of treatment can reduce chronic insomnia and improve the way subjects feel using both questionnaires and a special form of a wrist watch. This information may help the investigators better manage sleep difficulties in subjects who experience these symptoms after diagnosis of their breast cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
4
PROSPECT is an internet-based exercise and behavioral symptom management program developed for patients who experience long-term side effects from cancer treatment. The cancer-specific symptom management intervention is intended as a self-management adjunct to improve cancer- and treatment-related symptoms, including insomnia, through non-pharmacologic approaches.
Unvisterity of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Change in Insomnia Severity Index
Insomnia will be measured through the use of a validated survey called the Insomnia Severity Index
Time frame: 6 weeks
Change in Sleep Disturbance as measured by Actigraphy
Sleep disturbance will be measured through the use of actigraphy watches to be worn for 7 days at baseline and 7 days after 6 weeks of the intervention
Time frame: 6 weeks
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