Sleep quality in cancer patients: a common metric for several instruments measuring sleep quality.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Sleep problems are frequently observed in cancer patients. Multiple questionnaires for assessing sleep quality have been developed. The aim of this study was to present transfer rules that allow the conversion of the patients' scores from one questionnaire to another. In addition, we anchored this common metric to the general population.

Methods

A sample of 1,733 cancer patients completed the following questionnaires: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Insomnia Sleep Index, Jenkins Sleep Scale, EORTC QLQ-C30, and the sleep scale of the EORTC QLQ-SURV100. The methods for establishing a common metric were based on Item Response Theory.

Results

The main result of the study is a figure that allows the conversion from one of the above-mentioned sleep scales into anoth

SUBMITTER: Friedrich M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541315 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature