Comparison of a sleep item from the general health questionnaire-12 with the Jenkins Sleep Questionnaire as measures of sleep disturbance

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 474-480

  Lallukka, Tea ^a,b   Dregan, Alexandru ^c   Armstrong, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GHQ 12; JSQ; Multi item; Single item; Sleep; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84855524969     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110023     Document Type: Article

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