Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population
Anna Miley-Åkerstedt,1,2 Jerker Hetta,1 Torbjörn Åkerstedt1,3 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Psychology Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Ba...
Guardado en:
| Autores principales: | , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | article |
| Lenguaje: | EN |
| Publicado: |
Dove Medical Press
2018
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/07c0766da7a5486ead4f47b79bc5d0e5 |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| id |
oai:doaj.org-article:07c0766da7a5486ead4f47b79bc5d0e5 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:07c0766da7a5486ead4f47b79bc5d0e52021-12-02T00:38:09ZCriteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population1179-1608https://doaj.org/article/07c0766da7a5486ead4f47b79bc5d0e52018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/criteria-for-self-reported-quantitative-sleep-characteristics-of-indiv-peer-reviewed-article-NSShttps://doaj.org/toc/1179-1608Anna Miley-Åkerstedt,1,2 Jerker Hetta,1 Torbjörn Åkerstedt1,3 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Psychology Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Background: The public often seeks rule-of-thumb criteria for good or poor sleep, with a particular emphasis on sleep duration, sleep latency, and the number of awakenings each night. However, very few criteria are available. Aim: The present study sought to identify such criteria. Methods: Whether or not a person has sought medical help for sleep problems was selected as an indicator of poor sleep. The group that was studied constituted a representative sample of the general Swedish population (N=1,128), with a response rate of 72.8%. Results: Logistic regression analysis, with an adjustment for age and gender, showed an increased OR for a weekday sleep duration of ≤6 hour, (OR >2, and for <5 hour: OR >6). For weekend sleep, the value was ≤6 hour (OR >2). For awakenings per night, the critical value was ≥2 (OR >2, and for ≥5 awakenings: OR >9), and for a sleep latency the critical value was ≥30 minutes (OR >2, and for ≥45 minutes: OR >6). Adding difficulties falling asleep and early morning awakening (considered qualitative because of the reflected “difficulty”), led to the elimination of all the quantitative variables, except for the number of awakenings. The addition of “negative effects on daytime functioning” and “sleep being a big problem” resulted in the elimination of all the other predictors except age. Conclusion: It was concluded that weekday sleep ≤6 hour, ≥2 awakenings/night, and a sleep latency of ≥30 minutes, can function as criteria for poor sleep, but that qualitative sleep variables take over the role of quantitative ones, probably because they represent the integration of quantitative indicators of sleep. Keywords: sleep duration, sleep latency, awakenings, sleep qualityMiley-Åkerstedt AHetta JÅkerstedt TDove Medical Pressarticlesleep durationsleep latencyawakeningssleep qualityPsychiatryRC435-571Neurophysiology and neuropsychologyQP351-495ENNature and Science of Sleep, Vol Volume 10, Pp 295-301 (2018) |
| institution |
DOAJ |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
EN |
| topic |
sleep duration sleep latency awakenings sleep quality Psychiatry RC435-571 Neurophysiology and neuropsychology QP351-495 |
| spellingShingle |
sleep duration sleep latency awakenings sleep quality Psychiatry RC435-571 Neurophysiology and neuropsychology QP351-495 Miley-Åkerstedt A Hetta J Åkerstedt T Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population |
| description |
Anna Miley-Åkerstedt,1,2 Jerker Hetta,1 Torbjörn Åkerstedt1,3 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Psychology Clinic, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Background: The public often seeks rule-of-thumb criteria for good or poor sleep, with a particular emphasis on sleep duration, sleep latency, and the number of awakenings each night. However, very few criteria are available. Aim: The present study sought to identify such criteria. Methods: Whether or not a person has sought medical help for sleep problems was selected as an indicator of poor sleep. The group that was studied constituted a representative sample of the general Swedish population (N=1,128), with a response rate of 72.8%. Results: Logistic regression analysis, with an adjustment for age and gender, showed an increased OR for a weekday sleep duration of ≤6 hour, (OR >2, and for <5 hour: OR >6). For weekend sleep, the value was ≤6 hour (OR >2). For awakenings per night, the critical value was ≥2 (OR >2, and for ≥5 awakenings: OR >9), and for a sleep latency the critical value was ≥30 minutes (OR >2, and for ≥45 minutes: OR >6). Adding difficulties falling asleep and early morning awakening (considered qualitative because of the reflected “difficulty”), led to the elimination of all the quantitative variables, except for the number of awakenings. The addition of “negative effects on daytime functioning” and “sleep being a big problem” resulted in the elimination of all the other predictors except age. Conclusion: It was concluded that weekday sleep ≤6 hour, ≥2 awakenings/night, and a sleep latency of ≥30 minutes, can function as criteria for poor sleep, but that qualitative sleep variables take over the role of quantitative ones, probably because they represent the integration of quantitative indicators of sleep. Keywords: sleep duration, sleep latency, awakenings, sleep quality |
| format |
article |
| author |
Miley-Åkerstedt A Hetta J Åkerstedt T |
| author_facet |
Miley-Åkerstedt A Hetta J Åkerstedt T |
| author_sort |
Miley-Åkerstedt A |
| title |
Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population |
| title_short |
Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population |
| title_full |
Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population |
| title_fullStr |
Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the Swedish population |
| title_sort |
criteria for self-reported quantitative sleep characteristics of individuals who sought medical help for disturbed sleep – a survey of a representative sample of the swedish population |
| publisher |
Dove Medical Press |
| publishDate |
2018 |
| url |
https://doaj.org/article/07c0766da7a5486ead4f47b79bc5d0e5 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT mileyakerstedta criteriaforselfreportedquantitativesleepcharacteristicsofindividualswhosoughtmedicalhelpfordisturbedsleepndashasurveyofarepresentativesampleoftheswedishpopulation AT hettaj criteriaforselfreportedquantitativesleepcharacteristicsofindividualswhosoughtmedicalhelpfordisturbedsleepndashasurveyofarepresentativesampleoftheswedishpopulation AT akerstedtt criteriaforselfreportedquantitativesleepcharacteristicsofindividualswhosoughtmedicalhelpfordisturbedsleepndashasurveyofarepresentativesampleoftheswedishpopulation |
| _version_ |
1718403536034725888 |