Pre-screening via sleep logs in sleep-disordered patients—Adaptational effects, yes or no?
Tóm tắt
Sleep logs are common tools in sleep research and clinical routine. Usually sleep logs have to be completed during a 2-week period, with the first week serving as an adaptation to the instrument itself. In the present study, we investigated whether there is indeed such an adaptation bias or not. A total of 236 chronically sleep-disordered outpatients completed the standardized sleep log ‘Abend-Morgen-Protokoll’ during a 2-week pre-screening period prior to the first visit in our sleep ambulance. Two sets of items were established, the ‘instrumental’ and the ‘therapeutic’ set. The respective ratings of the first and second week (week A, B) were compared to evaluate clinically relevant changes. The ratings of several ‘instrumental’ items significantly differed between week A and B. However, these changes—on average—were only marginal and therefore of little clinical importance. Regarding the ‘therapeutic’ set of items, no systematic variations could be ascertained over the assessment period. The present investigation could not confirm the presence of adaptation biases (instrumental, therapeutic) in a large sample of chronically sleep-disordered outpatients. Therefore, we consider a 1-week pre-screening period via sleep log as sufficient for the diagnostic process in these patients.
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