HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY RESEARCH

Sleep is defined as the body's rest cycle. Sleep is triggered by a complex group of hormones that are active in the main, and that respond to cues from the body itself and the environment. A solid night of sleep can help patient maintain a healthy weight. An appropriate sleep helps to boost immune system stay strong. The less they sleep, the harder it can be to fight common infections. While them asleep, their body repairs important cells and tissues. Hence the sleep disturbance experienced by cancer patient¿s need to be addressed, resolve and overcome in future. There had been a lot of study conducted related sleep quality on cancer patient yet there had been no large studied conducted on prevalence and nature of significant sleep disorder in hematological malignancy patients in Malaysia. It was not known which types of patients were more likely to had significant problems and whether there was a relationship between sleep disturbances and demographic characteristics, typed of cancer, extent of disease, or typed of treatment. Therefore, researcher had decided to carry out this study at hematology department among Acute Leukemia patient.