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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2013 Jul 21;19(11):10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.06.018. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.06.018

Table 2.

Sleep questionnaire, scale of individual sleep questions, and composite score subdivisions.

Sleep Question Scale Composite
1. How many hours do you usually get at
night?
Sleep efficiency
2. How often do you have trouble falling
asleep?
1 to 5 Sleep efficiency
3. How often do you have trouble waking up
during the night?
1 to 5 Sleep efficiency
4. How often do you have trouble waking up
too early and not being able to fall asleep again?
1 to 5 Sleep efficiency
5. When you awaken during the night, how
often do you urinate?
1 to 4 Nocturia
6. How often do you snore in any way? 1 to 5 Snoring
7. What time do you typically go to bed at
night?
Sleep efficiency
8. What time do you typically wake up in the
morning?
Sleep efficiency
9. How often do you have a night full of
intense, vivid dreams?
1 to 5 Dreams/Nightmares
10. How often do you have nightmares
(frightening dreams)?
1 to 5 Dreams/Nightmares
11. At bedtime, how often does restlessness in
your legs delay your falling asleep?
1 to 4 Restless Legs
12. When you wake up during the night, how
often do you feel unpleasant sensations in the
leg muscles that require you to move your legs
or walk in order to be comfortable?
1 to 4 Restless Legs

Questions 2–4, 6, 9–10: 1 = never, 2=A few times, 3=Sometimes, 4=Quite often, 5=Usually, 6=Don’t know. Question 5: 1=Once, 2=Twice, 3=Three Times, 4=Four or more times. Questions 11–12: 1=Never, 2=Occasionally, 3=Often, 4=Very often