Objective sleep measures and subjective sleep satisfaction: how do older adults with insomnia define a good night's sleep?

摘要: The relationship between objective sleep measures and subjective satisfaction was explored in a sample of 47 older adults (59 years older; 35 women, 12 men) with primary insomnia. Participants submitted to all-night evaluations (polysomnography) for 2 nights. After each night, participants provided sleep-satisfaction ratings. Depth (decreased Stage 1 increased Stages 3 4 sleep) latency were the best predictors satisfaction. For other variables such as efficiency wake time after onset, no value predicted on particular night. However, these variables, relative improvement from Night greater