Conceptions of sleep experience: a layman perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To date, there is little information on how lay people understand and discuss sleep in the context of daily life. Efforts to conceptualize sleep quality have been largely driven by clinical considerations of sleep disorders. As such, they are not necessarily of how normal sleepers without clinical expertise conceptualize sleep quality. A phenomenological approach was taken to understand the essence of the sleep experience and the concepts held by lay people without sleep disorders. A sentence completion questionnaire was developed and administered to a quota sample of 64 respondents who were selected aiming for sufficient representation of different gender, ages, and education levels.

Results

Significant sentences and meaningful units were derived inductively, resu

SUBMITTER: Goelema MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052564 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature