Purpose: This study was performed to assess problems associated with sleep (short and long sleep duration) and to identify risky
subgroups with sleep problems among adult cancer survivors. The study is based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (KNHANES VI and VII) from 2013 to 2016. Methods: The sociodemographic and clinical data of 504 Korean cancer survivors
aged 20-64 years was extracted from the KNHANES VI and VII database. Descriptive statistics for complex samples was used,
and decision-tree analyses were performed using the SPSS WIN 24.0 program. Results: The mean age for survivors was approximately
51 years. The mean sleep duration was 6.97 hours; 36.2% of participants had short (<7 hours) and 9.9% had long (>8 hours) sleep
duration. From the decision-trees analyses, the characteristics of the adult cancer survivors related to sleep problems were presented
with six different pathways. Sleep problems were analyzed according to the survivors’ sociodemographic information (age, education,
living status, and occupation), clinical characteristics (body mass index, hypercholesterolemia, and anemia) and health-related
quality of life (HRQoL). The HRQoL (≤0.5 or >0.5 cutoff point) was a significant predictor of the participants’ sleep problems because
all six pathways were started from this predictor in the model. Conclusion: Health care professionals could use the decision-tree
model for screening adult cancer survivors with sleep problems in clinical or community settings. Nursing interventions considering
these specific individual characteristics and HRQoL level should be developed to have adequate sleep duration for Korean adult cancer
survivors.