Development and validation of a sleep questionnaire, SNoRE 3.0, to evaluate sleep in companion dogs.

ABSTRACT: Disturbances in the sleep-wake cycle are a debilitating, yet rather common condition not only in humans, but also in family dogs. While there is an emerging need for easy-to-use tools to document sleep alterations (in order to ultimately treat and/or prevent them), the veterinary tools which yield objective data (e.g. polysomnography, activity monitors) are both labor intensive and expensive. In this study, we developed a modified version of a previously used sleep questionnaire (SNoRE) and determined criterion validity in companion dogs against polysomnography and physical activity monitors (PAMs). Since a negative correlation between sleep time and cognitive performance in senior dogs has been demonstrated, we evaluated the correlation between the SNoRE scores and the Canine Dementia Sca

SUBMITTER: Mondino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432410 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature