Dyadic Sleep Study

Inclusion Criteria

• •The eligibility criteria for patients are:
• •* newly diagnosed with stage I to IV of a GI cancer (anus, colon, esophagus, gallbladder, large and small intestine, liver, pancreas, rectum, stomach, other biliary or digestive organs)
• •* diagnosis in the past 72 months at the time of enrollment
• •* having a consistent sleep partner.
• •The eligibility criterion for caregivers is:
• •* a sleep partner of the patient or partner who wish to resume sleeping together with the patient
• •Additional eligibility criteria for both patients and caregivers are:
• •* Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) ≥ 5,
• •* willing to change sub-optimal sleep habits,
• •* 18 years or older,
• •* able to speak/listen English at the 8th grade level for intervention sessions,
• •* able to read English or Spanish at the 8th grade for self-reported questionnaires,
• •* \> 4 weeks after surgery, if any, prior to enrollment, and no surgery planned in the next 5 weeks during the study period because surgery affects sleep.