Abstract: ObjectiveTo explore the sleep quality and psychical health of the patients with cancer.Methods96 cancer patients were tested by Pittsburgh Sleeping Quality Index(PSQI) and Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90). ResultsThe PSQI scores of the patients with ache were higher than that without ache (P<0.05).Sleep problems were occurred in 87.55% of the patients. Sleep quality of 9.38% of patients were poor. The sleep quality of the male patients were better than those of the female (P<0.05). Apart from interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation and psychoticism, scores of the rest were higher than the general people(P<0.05).10.2% of the patients with cancer had psychical problems. Apart from sleep time and using sleep pill, there was a high correlation between the scores of SCL-90 and PSQI (P<0.05). ConclusionThe results showed that sleep problems of the patients with cancer affected their psychical health.

Key words: cancer, sleep quality, psychical health