Quality of sleep in patients with nocturnal leg cramps and validity of a single-item measure of cramp-related sleep disturbance: an observational study | Zendy

Paul Sebo | Zendy; Dagmar M. Haller | Zendy; Hubert Maisonneuve | Zendy

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Quality of sleep in patients with nocturnal leg cramps and validity of a single-item measure of cramp-related sleep disturbance: an observational study

Author(s) -

Paul Sebo,

Dagmar M. Haller,

Hubert Maisonneuve

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0036-7672

DOI - 10.4414/smw.2020.20217

Subject(s) - pittsburgh sleep quality index , observational study , rank correlation , physical therapy , sleep disorder , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , medicine , nocturnal , sleep (system call) , sleep quality , psychiatry , insomnia , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , operating system

In this primary care sample, poor sleep quality was not associated with suffering from a higher number of nocturnal cramps, and a single-item mean score was not a valid instrument to screen for sleep disturbance among these patients.

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