Objective and subjective measures for sleep disorders.
- Author:
Lin ZHANG
1
;
Zhong-Xin ZHAO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Affiliated Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Electroencephalography;
Humans;
Polysomnography;
methods;
Quality of Life;
Sleep Wake Disorders;
diagnosis;
physiopathology;
psychology;
Sleep, REM;
physiology;
Weights and Measures
- From:Neuroscience Bulletin
2007;23(4):236-240
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Subjective and objective measures of sleep structure or quality could help to characterize the chronic sleep disturbances, with relation to patients' risk factor profiles and co-morbidities. Studies have shown that discrepancies can occur between subjective data regarding sleep disturbances and the impact of insomnia and objective assays, and surrogate markers of sleep and sleep disturbances. Both objective and subjective measures should be incorporated into clinic studies. It seems likely that sleep quality is represented by a combination of more than one subjective sleep parameter. Objective and subjective assessments of sleep quality may relate to different parameters. Future studies incorporated both subjective and objective measures could help to address the sleep disorders.
