Racial differences in treatment adherence and response to acupuncture and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia among Black and White cancer survivors

• Published in: Cancer medicine (Malden, MA) Vol. 13; no. 16; pp. e7344 - n/a
• Main Authors: Liou, Kevin T., Garland, Sheila N., Meghani, Salimah H., Kaye, Nadia M., Thompson, Embree, Li, Q. Susan, Mao, Jun J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Acupuncture Therapy; Adult; Aged; Anxiety; Behavior modification; Black or African American - psychology; Cancer; Cancer Survivors - psychology; cancer survivorship; Cancer therapies; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - methods; Fatigue; Female; Humans; Inequality; Insomnia; Intervention; Latency; Male; Medical diagnosis; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - ethnology; Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - therapy; oncology; Pain; Patients; Population studies; Quality of life; Race; Racial differences; racial disparities; Sleep; Sleep disorders; sleep health; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Treatment Adherence and Compliance - psychology; Treatment Adherence and Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Treatment Outcome; White People - psychology; White People - statistics & numerical data; United States > US; Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; cognitive behavioral therapy; racial disparities; acupuncture; sleep health; cancer survivorship; oncology; insomnia

Background Racial disparities in sleep are well‐documented. However, evidence‐based options for addressing these disparities are lacking in cancer populations. To inform future research on sleep interventions, this study aims to understand racial differences in treatment responses to acupuncture and...