Open AccessPsychometric analysis of the Pittsburgh insomnia rating scale among university population of poor sleepers in India
Author(s) -
Zubia Veqar,
Jamal Ali Moiz,
M. Ejaz Hussain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.131238
Subject(s) - pittsburgh sleep quality index , insomnia , cronbach's alpha , rating scale , population , medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychology , psychometrics , sleep quality , environmental health , developmental psychology
Pittsburgh insomnia rating scale is a 65 item self administered open source questionnaire. The scale is widely used in clinical practice but its psychometric properties are not well established. Therefore keeping in mind this lacuna the current study was designed for university population of poor sleepers in India.