The Military Service Sleep Assessment: an instrument to assess factors precipitating sleep disturbances in U.S. military personnel.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Military personnel frequently experience sleep difficulties, but little is known regarding which military or life events most impact their sleep. The Military Service Sleep Assessment (MSSA) was developed to assess the impact of initial military training, first duty assignment, permanent change of station, deployments, redeployments, and stressful life events on sleep. This study presents an initial psychometric evaluation of the MSSA and descriptive data in a cohort of service members.

Methods

The MSSA was administered to 194 service members in a military sleep disorders clinic as part of a larger study.

Results

Average sleep quality on the MSSA was 2.14 (on a Likert scale, with 1 indicating low and 5 indicating high sleep quality), and 72.7% (n = 14

SUBMITTER: Mysliwiec V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314632 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature