Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sleep Interventions for Cancer Patients

Julia Chan authored a systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 randomized controlled trials involving 3,844 participants, published on figshare in June 2026. The document analyzes the effectiveness of interventions like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) on clinically relevant sleep disturbances in cancer patients and survivors. The analysis covers studies published from January 2012 to June 2025.

Use Cases

• Comparing effect sizes of different sleep interventions based on Hedge's g statistics reported in the review
• Assessing the methodological quality of clinical trials based on the application of the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2.0
• Identifying research gaps for future studies based on the conclusion that the evidence base needs expansion
• Evaluating publication bias in complementary and alternative medicine studies as indicated in the results

Strengths

• Includes data from 42 randomized controlled trials with a total of 3,844 participants
• Applies established methodological frameworks including PRISMA guidelines and GRADE certainty assessment
• Reports specific effect sizes, such as g = 0.57 for CBT-I on sleep quality and g = 1.11 for CAM

Limitations

• The dataset is a 610.3 KB DOCX file containing a review document, not the underlying raw trial data
• Row count and column-level documentation for any underlying data are unknown
• Freshness should be verified; the last update was 2026-06-03 05:43:01

Provenance

Source

Julia Chan

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials from five English databases.

Time Range

Studies published from January 2012 to June 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 05:43:01