The construction of the Split Sleep Questionnaire on sleep habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To construct a single-format questionnaire on sleep habits and mood before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population.

Methods

We constructed the Split Sleep Questionnaire (SSQ) after a literature search of sleep, mood, and lifestyle questionnaires, and after a group of sleep medicine experts proposed and assessed questionnaire items as relevant/irrelevant. The study was performed during 2021 in 326 respondents distributed equally in all age categories. Respondents filled out the SSQ, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and kept a seven-day sleep diary.

Results

Cronbach alpha for Sleep Habits section was 0.819, and 0.89 for Mood section. Test-retest reliability ranged from 0.45 (P=0.036) for work-fre

SUBMITTER: Lusic Kalcina L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9284018 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature