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Table 2 Comparison and distribution of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores among poor and good sleep quality groups

From: Current status of sleep quality in Taiwan: a nationwide walk-in survey

 

Good sleep qualitya

Poor sleep qualitya

P value

N, %

406, 53.4 %

354, 46.6 %

 

Age (years)

  

0.221

Mean ± SD

54.8 ± 14.1

53.5 ± 15.3

 

Gender (n, %)

0.064

 Men

94 (59.9)

63 (40.1)

 

 Women

298 (51.6)

280 (48.4)

 

Sleep duration (hours)

<0.001 §

 Mean ± SD

6.8 ± 1.0

5.5 ± 1.4

 

Hypnotics use (days/4 weeks)

  

<0.001 §

 No use

395 (97.3)

277 (78.2)

 

 1–2

9 (2.2)

23 (6.5)

 

 ≥3

2 (0.5)

54 (15.3)

 

PSQI scoreb

  

<0.001 §

 Mean ± SD

3.4 ± 1.3

9.1 ± 2.9

 

Subscale score: mean (SD)

 Subjective sleep quality

0.5 (0.6)

1.5 (0.8)

<0.001 §

 Sleep latency

0.6 (0.6)

1.7 (0.9)

<0.001 §

 Sleep duration

1.0 (0.8)

1.8 (0.9)

<0.001 §

 Habitual sleep efficiency

0.2 (0.4)

1.1 (1.2)

<0.001 §

 Sleep disturbances

0.9 (0.4)

1.3 (0.6)

<0.001 §

 Use of sleeping medication

0.0 (0.3)

0.6 (1.2)

<0.001 §

 Daytime dysfunction

0.2 (0.5)

1.1 (0.8)

<0.001 §

  1. § value < 0.05
  2. aGood sleep quality: PSQI ≤ five; poor sleep quality: PSQI > five
  3. bPSQI score: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score