Validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among Nigerian university students

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-270

  Aloba, Olutayo O ^a   Adewuya, Abiodun O ^a   Ola, Bola A ^a   Mapayi, Boladale M ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigerian students; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Sensitivity; Sleep disorders; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33947648500     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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