Assessment of sleep disturbance using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in patients with dizziness

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

WHY: For all people, sleep is part of the rhythm of life. Without a " good " sleep, the body loses the ability to revitalize, the mind is less adept and one's mood is altered. Circadian rhythms have a major impact on older adults' health and well-being. Normal aging changes conspire to interfere with the quality of sleep, while health and medication use can affect the sleep patterns in a negati...

A Comparison of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, a New Sleep Questionnaire, and Sleep Diaries

A comparison of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, a new sleep questionnaire, and sleep diaries. Self-report retrospective estimates of sleep behaviors are not as accurate as prospective estimates from sleep diaries, but are more practical for epidemiological studies. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the validity of retrospective measures and improve upon them. The current study compared...

Psychometric evaluation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) measures sleep quality and disturbance retrospectively over a 1-month period using self-reports. Although the PSQI has been used in a variety of populations, published psychometric data are limited. The goal of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the PSQI among four populations: bone marrow transplant patients (n=155); renal transplant ...

Sleep Disturbance in Travelers

Validation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Hebrew translation (PSQI-H) in a sleep clinic sample.

BACKGROUND The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index is a standardized self-administered questionnaire for the assessment of subjective sleep quality. It has been translated into several languages and is widely used in clinical research studies. OBJECTIVES To assess the reliability and validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Hebrew translation in a sleep clinic sample and in comparison with t...