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. 2011 Apr 15;7(2):196–203.

Table 1.

Demographic and general self-report variables

Variable Insomnia (n = 65) Mean (SD) Control (n = 29) Mean (SD) Statistic (t (df)) p value
Demographics & Medical Status
    Age 36.6 (9.1) 30.0 (8.8) −3.27 (92) 0.002*
    Gender (% female) 55.4% 72.4% X2 = 2.44 (1) 0.12
    Ethnicity (% Caucasian) 90.6% (n = 58/64) 82.8% Fisher exact p = 0.31
    BMI 26.0 (4.9) n = 62 23.4 (3.6) −2.53 (89) 0.01*
    Prescription drug use (% yes) 44.6% 37.9% X2 = 0.37 (1) 0.55
    Apnea-hypopnea indexa 2.3 (2.1) n = 63 2.4 (3.1) n = 27 -0.12 (88) 0.91
Sleep-Wake and Circadian
    Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 11.4 (3.3) 2.1 (1.0) -21.11 (83.95)** < 0.001*
    Epworth Sleepiness Scale 7.5 (3.9) n = 64 4.4 (3.1) −3.69 (91) < 0.001*
    Composite Scale of Morningness 33.1 (8.7) 38.6 (5.9) 3.52 (75.55)** < 0.001*
    Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (General) 13.4 (3.2) 7.0 (2.0) −11.65 (80.81)** < 0.001*
Pittsburgh Sleep Diary
    Sleep latency (min)c 35.6 (33.6) n = 64 9.1 (7.5) −7.82 (91) < 0.001*
    Total sleep time (min) 368.8 (68.9) n = 64 447.8 (63.3) 5.25 (91) < 0.001*
    Wake after sleep onset (min)b 38.9 (29.9) n = 64 3.7 (4.2) −11.56 (90.36)** < 0.001*
    Sleep efficiency (%)d 82.7 (11.3) n = 64 97.2 (2.4) −11.69 (41.88)** < 0.001*
    Sleep quality 44.2 (13.1) n = 64 77.5 (10.2) 12.13 (91) < 0.001*
Psychological Status
    Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology 16.4 (6.0) n = 64 5.2 (6.1) −8.31 (91) < 0.001*
    Beck Inventory for Anxietyb 4.1 (3.9) 1.2 (1.6) −4.94 (75.03)** < 0.001*
    Penn State Worry Questionnaire 31.6 (14.6) 21.1 (14.0) −3.27 (92) 0.002*

Means and standard deviations reported in their original units.

*

p < 0.05

**

Satterthwaite method used due to unequal variances

a

LN(X+.1) transformation used in the analyses

b

SQRT(X+.1) transformation used in the analyses

c

LN(X) transformation used in the analyses

d

LN(100-X) transformation used in the analyses