An investigation of the dimensionality of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in Australian adults

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-227

  Magee, Christopher A ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a   Iverson, Donald C ^a   Huang, Xu Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology and public health; Instrumentation and methodology; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 57249084054     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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