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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Geriatr Med. 2014 Jun 12;30(3):591–627. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.04.007
Condition Scale Notes
Insomnia Sleep diary Consensus sleep diary available67
Insomnia Severity Index Values >=15 are consistent with “clinical insomnia”
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index A global measure of sleep quality that is not limited to insomnia symptoms
Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory or Fatigue Severity Scale Used to measure daytime fatigue, which is more common in insomnia patients than daytime sleepiness
Sleep Apnea STOP-BANG Primarily used for pre-operative screening for sleep apnea risk
Epworth Sleepiness Scale Measure of daytime sleepiness; older adults may not respond to all items thus under-reporting sleepiness severity