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. 2008 Mar 1;31(3):383–393. doi: 10.1093/sleep/31.3.383

Table 5.

Percentage of the Insomnia Group and the Normal Sleeper Group Mentioning Each Category as the Basis for Their Sleep Quality Judgment from the Seven Consecutive Nights of Sleep Diaries

Category Insomnia (%) Normal Sleeper (%) χ2 (1)
Evening/Night time variables
    Awakenings in the night 88 89 0.02
    Total sleep time 76 71 0.14
    Sleep Onset Latency 60 61 0.00
    Sleeping “well” or “badly” 52 79 4.16*
    Anxiety and worry and mood in the night 48 32 1.39
    Restless sleep 36 43 0.26
    Dreams 28 39 0.75
    Body Sensations, e.g. pain, hunger, thirst, comfort 28 29 0.00
    Need for sleep on the basis of quality of sleep on recent nights 28 18 0.78
    Tiredness 20 14 0.31
    Time of getting into bed 16 25 0.65
    Use of substances (e.g., alcohol, drugs, caffeine) 4 7 0.24
    Expectation last night of how sleep would be 4 0 1.14
    Activity the previous day 0 11 2.84
    Setting/context (e.g. whose bed, bed partner) 0 7 1.86
    Monitoring (e.g. clock-watching) 0 7 1.86
    Physiological arousal in the night 0 0 N/A
Daytime variables
    Tiredness on waking and throughout the day 84 71 1.19
    Feeling rested, restored, refreshed, replenished 68 68 0.00
    Time of waking in the morning 64 36 4.23*
    Body sensations on waking and during the day 44 14 5.75*
    Motivation to get up or sleep in the morning 32 50 1.76
    Alertness, clear-headedness, ability to concentrate 32 25 0.32
    Mood/emotion/anxiety on waking 28 25 0.06
    Feelings of energy/lethargy 12 14 0.06
    Inability to go back to sleep on final awakening 12 7 0.37
    Alarm/natural awakening 8 29 3.65
    Expectation of sleep's impact on day 8 0 2.32
    Non-specific feeling ‘good’ or ‘bad’ 4 25 4.55*
    Performance level and efficiency 4 0 1.14
    Coordination and balance 4 0 1.14
    Memory of sleep 0 7 1.86
    Level of light when wake up 0 4 0.91
    Physiological arousal in the day 0 4 0.91
    Level of sociability 0 0 N/A
    Coping strategies (e.g., coffee, naps) 0 0 N/A
    Ease or difficulty of staying awake 0 0 N/A
    Appearance on waking 0 0 N/A
*

P < 0.01