HD-16: a new quality of life instrument specifically designed for insomnia

To design a new quality of life (QoL) instrument specifically for insomnia. Based on severe insomniacs' interviews, we have built a new quality of life scale that has been tested in one group of 240 severe insomniacs, in one group of 422 mild insomniacs and in one group of 391 good sleepers. Te...

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Published in:Sleep medicine 2005-05, Vol.6 (3), p.191-198
Main Authors: Leger, D., Scheuermaier, K., Raffray, T., Metlaine, A., Choudat, D., Guilleminault, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Female
Humans
Insomnia
Male
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Severe insomnia
Severity of Illness Index
Sleep
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - diagnosis
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To design a new quality of life (QoL) instrument specifically for insomnia. Based on severe insomniacs' interviews, we have built a new quality of life scale that has been tested in one group of 240 severe insomniacs, in one group of 422 mild insomniacs and in one group of 391 good sleepers. Ten steps led to the construction of a specific QoL scale. Five dimensions have been validated as both relevant and independent from each other. Sixteen items out of the 43 initially tested were retained and significantly different within the groups in each dimension. Based on the 16 items selected, we called the scale Hotel Dieu 16 (HD-16). We have therefore verified the score's specificity (correlation score of +0.36) and the reliability of the scale (Cronbach coefficient α=0.78). HD-16 may be used as a focused instrument to better assess an insomniac's quality of life.
ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2005.03.013