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How patients with insomnia interpret and respond to the consensus sleep diary : a cognitive interview study

How patients with insomnia interpret and respond to the consensus sleep diary : a cognitive interview study

Authors :
Bini, Christina
Hjelm, Carina
Hellström, Amanda
Årestedt, Kristofer
Broström, Anders
Sandlund, Christina
Bini, Christina
Hjelm, Carina
Hellström, Amanda
Årestedt, Kristofer
Broström, Anders
Sandlund, Christina
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Objective/BackgroundThe Consensus Sleep Diary (CSD) is widely used to assess subjective sleep. Psychometric evaluations and focus-groups support its validity and clinical usefulness, but further research into its validity is needed. The aim of the study was to evaluate a Swedish translation of the CSD regarding test content and response processes in patients with insomnia.Patients/MethodsIn connection with translating the CSD into Swedish, we used cognitive interviewing to evaluate test content and the response process, that is, how people make decisions when responding to survey items. Cognitive interviews were conducted with 13 primary health care patients with insomnia disorder (mean age, 49 years; SD 15.5). Iterative, reparative analysis was used to investigate test content. Descriptive deductive analysis was used to investigate interview transcripts for the themes of the cognitive model: comprehension, retrieval, decision process, and judgement. Together, the themes explain the response process when responding to a patient-reported outcome measure.ResultsThe overall comprehension of the CSD could be affected by poor adherence to the instructions (comprehension). Patients had difficulty with recall if they did not complete the diary immediately in the morning and just before bedtime (retrieval). They could have problems deciding how to respond to certain items because they imbued sleep-related concepts with extra meaning (decision process), and had trouble finding response alternatives nuanced enough to describe their experience of sleep and tiredness (judgement).ConclusionsThis study contributes knowledge on how the instrument is perceived and used by care-seeking patients with insomnia. In this context, the CSD exhibits known flaws such as memory lapses if the diary is not filled in directly in the morning. To increase the accuracy of patients' responses, therapists should support patients in reading the instructions.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1428106738
Document Type :
Electronic Resource
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186.s41687-024-00695-y