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. 2013 Feb 14;14(1):12. doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-12

Table 2.

Sleep diary and sleep related symptom mean values (SD) in controls and all migraine patients

  C (n=34) M (n=53)
Average diary sleep time (hour)
7.3 (0.8)
7.2 (1.0)
Long awakenings in diary (no)1
0.10 (0.18)
0.25 (0.36)*
Short awakenings in diary (no)2
0.15 (0.24)
0.31 (0.50)
Sleep latency in diary3,4
0.40 (0.43)
0.56 (0.61)
Categorized sleep latency in diary (0 ≤ 30 min, 1 > 30 min)4
32, 2
37,15#
Epworth sleepiness scale (0–24)
5.6 (3.1)
6.5 (3.6)
Snoring/apnea KSQ score (0–8)
1.7 (1.6)
1.8 (1.7)
Daytime tiredness frequency (0–4)
0.68 (0.84)
1.15 (0.95)**
Insomnia KSQ score (0–16)5
3.4 (2.3)
6.1 (2.9)***
PSQIgs (0–21)6
3.8 (2.6)
6.3 (3.2)***
Pain-related sleep trouble (1–4)7
1.3 (0.7)
1.9 (1.0)**
Restless legs (0–1)8 0.1 (0.4) 0.3 (0.5)

1Awakenings lasting more than 30 min, 2wakenings lasting less than 30 min. 3Each day was categorized as 0: <15 min, 1: 15–30 min, 2: 30–90 min, 3: > 90 min and the individual mean was computed .4 One sleep latency was not assessable and was excluded. 5Sum of four insomnia-questions in KSQ (Karolinska sleep questionnaire), 6 Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) global score, 7 Frequency of pain-related sleep problems during the last month from the PSQI questionnaire, 7RLS defined as a positive answer to all four obligatory symptom-criteria. # p=0.012, Fisher exact test.: *p<0.05, **p<0.005 ***, p<0.001, Mann–Whitney U-test (in comparison to controls).

Significant differences are emphasized with bold types.