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A Study of Insomnia and Sleep Loss
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Part I
Currently selected section: Matching Sleep Variables
Research Questions
Environmental Conditioning
Matching Perception and Physiology
PSG and Self Report Data Mismatch
Questions for Further Research
Part III


Chapter 15: Challenges to the Study of Insomnia and Sleep Loss: Matching Objective and Subjective Sleep Variables
        

Answer the following questions related to this scenario, paying particular attention to the observation of a subset of women who report insomnia and yet show no PSG abnormalities.

Question 2.1.1

In this study PSG documentation for 5 days might not have captured insomnia in people who report it but who have a highly variable sleep quality night-to-night with infrequent episodes of poor sleep.
Selection A
True
Selection B
False

Question 2.1.2

The PSG sleep patterns recorded in this study might not be indicative of 'usual' sleep because the home recording protocol is affecting them.
Selection A
True
Selection B
False

Question 2.1.3

The classification of insomnia using PSG indicators is arbitrary.
Selection A
True
Selection B
False

Question 2.1.4

More than half the women reporting insomnia in this study do not clearly have insomnia.
Selection A
True
Selection B
False

Question 2.1.5

At least two types of insomnia are evident among women in this sample.
Selection A
True
Selection B
False

Question 2.1.6

The degree of discrepancy between reported insomnia and objective (PSG) measures of sleep quality could exist on a continuum.
Selection A
True
Selection B
False

 

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