Psychometric properties of the Insomnia Severity Index in a sample of family dementia caregivers

Jiménez‐Gonzalo, Lucía; Romero‐Moreno, Rosa; Pedroso-Chaparro, María Del Sequeros; Gallego-Alberto, Laura; Barrera‐Caballero, Samara; Olazarán, Javier; Losada, Andrés

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2021.03.036

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“…ISI score was signi cantly higher in males than females, which means men are suffering from insomnia more than women. This was surprising as it contradicted other studies [23]- [25] where females had higher ISI scores and were more prone to suffer from sleep problems. However, even with this signi cant difference, both genders reported ISI scores that lay within the same type of insomnia (subthreshold).…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on the Quality of Life of Health Care Workers

Shanshal

2021

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the entire world and one of its impacts was the increased level of stress and anxiety, especially among healthcare workers. Therefore, this study aims at evaluating the quality of life (QoL) and sleep quality of healthcare professionals in Iraq.Methods: This study assessed the QoL and sleep quality by using World Health Organization Quality of Life Instruments (WHOQOL-BREF) and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) respectively. The questionnaires were administered through an online cross-sectional survey targeted at workers in medical fields in Iraq from 1st to 20th of August 2021. Results: Three hundred medical health workers participated, and females constituted 75.3%. The two questionnaires had very good internal consistency. The highest scoring domain was the social relationships, followed by physical health. Significant difference was found in the mean scores of psychological health domain between males and females, with higher scores observed in males. The mean of the total ISI score was 11.58 ± 6.88 with a range between 0 and 27. Severe insomnia was observed in only 9.7% of the participants. A significant negative correlation (r = -0.118) was found between age and ISI scores of the participants. Significant differences were found between males and females with higher ISI mean score observed among males. Conclusion: The quality of life and sleep pattern can be impacted by COVID-19 infection with the psychological aspect of QoL being the most affected and some degrees of insomnia being observed in many participants.

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The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on the Quality of Life of Health Care Workers

Shanshal

2021

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“…A five-point Likert scale rates each item (from 0 = No problem to 4 = very severe problems) yielding the total score ranging from 0 to 28. Previous research shows that this scale has acceptable psychometric properties in various countries worldwide [27][28][29][30][31]. The internal consistency of the ISI was a = 0.85 based on the current sample.…”

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The Psychological Flexibility in Epilepsy Questionnaire (PFEQ): Psychometric properties of the Persian version

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Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…In 2021, the ISI was validated in family caregivers of adults with dementia. 28 Individual items from the ISI were included to describe different aspects of sleep difficulty among caregivers.…”

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Insomnia Symptoms Among Hospice Family Caregivers: Prevalence and Association with Caregiver Mental and Physical Health, Quality of Life, and Caregiver Burden

Starr

Washington

McPhillips

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Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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Background Poor sleep exacerbates mental health problems and reduces quality-of-life (QOL) but prevalence of insomnia symptoms among hospice family caregivers and associations of poor sleep with caregiver health and QOL outcomes are not known. Objective To describe prevalence of insomnia symptoms among hospice family caregivers and compare anxiety, depression, self-rated health, QOL, and caregiver burden between hospice family caregivers with and without insomnia symptoms. Methods Descriptive sub-study using data collected during baseline interviews of hospice family caregivers involved in a randomized clinical trial in Midwestern United States (xxxxxxxx). Caregivers were dichotomized based on Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scores (8+ indicated insomnia symptoms). Results Among 57 hospice family caregivers, the mean ISI score was 8.2; nearly half (49.1%) experienced insomnia symptoms. Compared to caregivers without insomnia symptoms, caregivers with insomnia symptoms reported 2.4 times greater mean anxiety scores (4.7 vs 11.4); 3.5 times greater mean depression scores (3.1 vs 10.7); 2.1 times greater caregiver burden scores (5.6 vs 11.8); and 1.3 times lower self-rated health (3.5 vs 2.8); 1.3 times lower total QOL scores (29.3 vs 22.6); including differences in emotional QOL (7.9 vs 2.2), social QOL (7.2 vs 3.0), and physical QOL (7.4 vs 5.3). Conclusions Hospice family caregivers experience high prevalence of insomnia symptoms; caregivers with insomnia symptoms report worse anxiety, depression, caregiver burden, QOL, self-rated health. Clinicians must screen hospice caregivers for poor sleep and mental health and offer supportive interventions that improve their sleep and health. Policy makers must expand hospice benefits to better support family caregivers.

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Psychometric properties of the Insomnia Severity Index in a sample of family dementia caregivers

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on the Quality of Life of Health Care Workers

The Impact of COVID-19 Infection on the Quality of Life of Health Care Workers

The Psychological Flexibility in Epilepsy Questionnaire (PFEQ): Psychometric properties of the Persian version

Insomnia Symptoms Among Hospice Family Caregivers: Prevalence and Association with Caregiver Mental and Physical Health, Quality of Life, and Caregiver Burden

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