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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Apr;33(4):398–409. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.022

Table 6.

Correlations Between Subjective Sleep and Fatigue (n=130)

Variable Fatiguea
Sleep Total Score Behavioral/Severity Sensory Cognitive/mood Affective meaning
Total Scoreb 0.36d 0.35d 0.26e 0.30d 0.37d
Subjective sleep quality c 0.31d 0.25e 0.31e 0.31d 0.28d
Sleep latency c 0.24e 0.24e NS 0.18f 0.28d
Sleep duration c NS NS NS NS NS
Habitual sleep efficiency c NS NS NS NS NS
Sleep disturbances c 0.28e 0.29e 0.20f 0.24e 0.25e
Use of sleeping medication c 0.25e 0.25e NS 0.22e 0.27e
Daytime dysfunction c 0.42d 0.38d 0.34d 0.42d 0.37d

NS = not significant.

a

Fatigue measured by Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS).

b

Sleep measured by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

c

Components of the PSQI.

d

P<0.001.

e

P <0.01.

f

P<0.05.