Arabic versions of the sleep timing questionnaire and the composite scale of morningness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop Arabic versions of English language questionnaires to estimate morningness/eveningness and sleep variables.

Methods

We translated the Composite scale of morningness (CSM) and the sleep timing questionnaire (STQ) [with added siesta questions] into Arabic; the Arabic versions were then back translated. The revised Arabic and the original English versions were next administered to bi-lingual Egyptians using a crossover design (n=25). The Arabic versions of both scales were subsequently administered to an independent Egyptian sample (n=79) and the siesta variables examined in relation to the CSM.

Results

Satisfactory correlations were present between the English and Arabic versions for total CSM scores (Spearman's ρ=0.90, p<0.001). All but one of the

SUBMITTER: Mansour H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4390424 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature