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Sleep Related Questionnaires

Sleep Disorders Questionnaire

Name of questionnaire Sleep Disorders Questionnaire (SDQ)
Obstructive Sleep Apnea subscale od the SDQ (SDQ-SA)
Type of questionnaire- Measures sleep disturbance and  usual sleep habits during the past 6 months
Number of items

SDQ: 176- items; 4 subscales:  sleep apnea (SA), narcolepsy (NAR), periodic limb movement disorder (PLM), psychiatric (PSY)

SDQ-SA: 12 items including body mass index

Number of categories/ domains Sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medications, daytime dysfunction
Name of categories/domains   Sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep
efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medications, and
daytime dysfunction
Scaling of items 0-5
Scoring available: Free  under  Creative Commons  copyright or with developer
Scoring test-retest reliability Yes
Scoring Internal consistency Yes
Validity Yes, clinical evaluation and polysomnography
Language English
Translations in other languages French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish
Developer name Alan Douglass,  MD
Developer contact information

Alan.Douglass@the royal.ca

 

Availability of questionnaire Free  under  Creative Commons  copyright or with developer
Limitations SDQ : Long questionnaire with testing time of 30 minutes; PLM scale had poorest sensitivity and specificity.
Link to the questionnaire Not available; contact developer
Other comments

Can be used as screening tool for patients with epilepsy, alcoholism, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebrovascular illness.  

Stand- alone version of  SDQ-SA available SDQ-PSY primarily addressed insomnia symptoms

References (including original publication)
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Reviewer

Iris A. Perez, MD
January 2022