objective: to evaluate and describe the sleep quality in seven subscales among the patients with mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) and compare it with normal patterns. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted within a 6-month period from february to august 2014 in shahid rajaei trauma center of shiraz. participants were selected randomly from all adult (18-60 years of age) patients adm...

background: sleep quality is an important and determining factor in the quality of life in dialysis patients. although many chronic dialysis patients complain of poor sleep, we know little about its related factors. therefore, this study was designed to study sleep quality and its predictors among dialysis patients. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study carried out during augu...

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. 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...

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...

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 ...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances are one of the main complaints of patients with trauma-related disorders. The original Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Addendum for PTSD (PSQI-A) is self-report instrument developed to evaluate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-specific sleep disturbances in trauma-exposed individuals. However, to date, the PSQI-A has not yet been translated nor validated in Fren...

INTRODUCTION The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire is capable of covering different stages of sleep, and it is regarded as one of the best ones available, and checking for its validity and reliability among depressed patients is a step in this direction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) an...

abstract   background: a significant relationship between psychiatric disorders principally depression and anxiety and insomnia is well-known in general population. ahigh percent of insomnia sufferers report anxiety symptoms. anxiety is also frequently seen in medical patients whom complaints of sleep problems are often prominent.   method: 250 outpatients with various medical complaints partic...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of residents and medical students. METHODS we applied a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) to a population of residents and medical students. RESULTS hundred five residents and 101 undergraduate medical students participated. Residents presented higher me...