Table 3.
—Insomnia Assessment49
| Category | Assessments |
| Recommended for all patients | Review of current nighttime symptoms and daytime complaints |
| In-depth sleep history, related medical and psychologic conditions, and current medications | |
| Sleep diaries to determine daily patterns of sleep problems | |
| Supplementary information | Sleep questionnaires (eg, Epworth Sleepiness Scale,50 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) |
| Mood questionnaires (eg, Beck Depression Inventory,51 State Trait Anxiety Inventory52) | |
| Not recommended for standard assessment of insomnia | ActigraphyPolysomnography (recommended when sleep-disordered breathing is suspected) |
| Multiple sleep latency tests (recommended when narcolepsy is suspected) |