Psychometric evaluation and normative data for the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire

• Published in: Sleep and biological rhythms Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 216 - 226
• Main Authors: Nordin, Maria, Åkerstedt, Torbjörn, Nordin, Steven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Health Psychology; Human Physiology; insomnia; Internal Medicine; KSQ; Neurology; Neurosciences; non-restorative sleep; Original Article; Psychiatry; sleep apnea; sleep quality; sleepiness; KSQ; non-restorative sleep; sleepiness; sleep apnea; sleep quality; insomnia
• ISSN: 1446-9235; 1479-8425; 1479-8425
• DOI: 10.1111/sbr.12024

The study objective was to validate the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire with regard to dimensionality, internal consistency, and construct and criterion validity. Another objective was to provide normative data. Data from the cross-sectional Västerbotten Environmental Health Study in Sweden were used...