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Psychometric properties of the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep measure

Hays, Ron D., Martin, Susan A., Sesti, Anne M., Spritzer, Karen L.·2005·Sleep Medicine

Abstract

Background and purpose Sleep is an active and highly organized biological process that is an important component of life. Self-report measures of sleep provide information that can be useful for characterizing the quality of sleep in subgroups of the population. A 12-item self-report sleep measure, the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep measure, was developed and evaluated previously in a sample of 3445 individuals with chronic illness.Patients and methods In this study, we evaluate the psychometric properties of the MOS Sleep measure in a nationally representative sample of 1011 US adults aged 18 and older and in a sample of 173 adults with neuropathic pain participating in a clinical drug trial.Results The average age of the general population sample was 46; 51% were female and 81% were white. The average age of the sample of adults with neuropathic pain was 72; 53% were female and 95% were white. Internal consistency reliability estimates for the MOS Sleep scales were 0.73 or higher, with the exception of the daytime somnolence scale in the US general population, which was 0.63. At baseline of the clinical trial, the neuropathic pain patients reported significantly more sleep disturbance and daytime somnolence, as well as less quantity and adequacy of sleep than patients in the general US population. The MOS Sleep scales were found to be responsive to change in the clinical trial with statistically significant improvements observed after administration of pregabalin for sleep disturbance (standardized response mean, SRM=-0.76, P=0.0007), shortness of breath (SRM=-0.20, P=0.0302), sleep adequacy (SRM=0.57, P=0.0014), sleep quantity (SRM=0.55, P=0.0086), and sleep problems (SRM=-0.62, P=0.0036).Conclusions This study provides further support for the reliability and validity of the MOS Sleep measure. The instrument can be used to assess important aspects of sleep perceived by adults in the general population or participating in clinical studies.

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Authors
Hays, R. D., Martin, S. A., Sesti, A. M., & Spritzer, K. L.
Affiliations
  • RAND Corporation (US)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Hays, Ron D.
Venue
Sleep Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-01
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
41-44
ISSN
1389-9457 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1969313589
Cited by
557
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Sleep Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Pfizer
  • National Institutes of Health (5p20md000148-05)
  • National Institute on Aging (AG-02-004)
  • National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20-MD00148-01)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
Keywords
sleep quality, daytime somnolence, sleep disorders, neuropathic pain, pregabalin, internal consistency, responsiveness to change, sleep adequacy, sleep quantity, psychometric validation
MeSH terms
Pregabalin, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anticonvulsants, Clinical Trials as Topic, Female, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Neuralgia, Psychometrics, Respiration Disorders, Self-Assessment, Sleep, Reproducibility of Results, Treatment Outcome, Outcome Assessment, Health Care

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