TY - JOUR T1 - Sleeping-related distress in a palliative care population: influence of symptom clusters JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 49 LP - 49 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2021-103445 VL - 25 IS - 2 AU - Karen Harrison-Dening Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/25/2/49.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Currow DC, Davis W, Connolly A, et al. Sleeping related distress in a palliative care population: A national, prospective, consecutive cohort. Palliat Med 2021. doi: 10.1177/026921631998558 Sleeping-related distress is highly prevalent in patients in both inpatient and community palliative care settings.Good sleep can improve other symptoms that are in identified clusters, such as pain and fatigue.Understanding a person’s sleep history and their personal objectives in any intervention should be explored within an assessment.Sleep is essential for optimal mental and physical health.1 Poor sleep quality can have a negative impact and is associated with (among other things), a reduction in a person’s sense of well-being and quality of life.1 Patients in the palliative care stages of a progressive incurable disease’, with limited response to treatments, can often present with severe and changing symptoms during the final stage of life.2 Sleep disturbance is one such … ER -