Development and evaluation of a measure to assess restorative sleep.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are validated measures assessing insomnia and disturbed sleep, but few psychometrically sound instruments to assess perceptions of the restorative or inadequate properties of sleep are available.

Study objectives

To develop and evaluate a new instrument, the Restorative Sleep Questionnaire (RSQ).

Design and setting

Focus groups were conducted using participants with and without nonrestorative sleep complaints. Questions were designed to elicit the feelings and experiences people have about their sleep and their view of daytime consequences of sleep. Expert panels confirmed the importance of nonrestorative sleep (NRS) as a frequently encountered problem either with or without other sleep complaints. The resulting RSQ was administered in three studies:

SUBMITTER: Drake CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4067436 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature