Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms
The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) uses sleep behavior to assess chronotype, but the extent to which such sleep behavior based assessments might be useful in populations with sleep disorders, such as insomnia, is currently unclear. We thus systematically assessed sleep disorders, MCTQ and th...
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| description | The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) uses sleep behavior to assess chronotype, but the extent to which such sleep behavior based assessments might be useful in populations with sleep disorders, such as insomnia, is currently unclear. We thus systematically assessed sleep disorders, MCTQ and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), another behavioral preferencebased assessment of chronotype, in 310 individuals. In a smaller substudy (n = 121), we compared the MCTQ to sleep diaries in insomnia patients and good sleepers. Insomnia patients had overall lower consistency in chronotypes compared to good sleepers on the MCTQ compared to the MEQ, which was also evident when compared to sleep diaries. As insomnia disorder is characterized by time gaps spent awake during the night due to difficulty maintaining sleep, there may be limitations in using mid-sleep time as an accurate indicator of chronotype in insomnia patients. Our study suggests that the MCTQ should be used in conjunction with another existing questionnaire or assessment tool when assessing chronotype in insomnia patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13741e4ccb7d42289d2f0df8456eae392022-12-22T03:51:18ZengKorean Society of Sleep MedicineSleep Medicine Research2093-91752233-88532017-12-018210711110.17241/smr.2017.00115105Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related SymptomsSooyeon Suh0Hyera Ryu1Soohyun Kim2Sujung Choi3Eun Yeon Joo4 Department of Psychology, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Department of Psychology, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Department of Psychology, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Department of Nursing, Samsung Medical Center, Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Center, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaThe Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) uses sleep behavior to assess chronotype, but the extent to which such sleep behavior based assessments might be useful in populations with sleep disorders, such as insomnia, is currently unclear. We thus systematically assessed sleep disorders, MCTQ and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ), another behavioral preferencebased assessment of chronotype, in 310 individuals. In a smaller substudy (n = 121), we compared the MCTQ to sleep diaries in insomnia patients and good sleepers. Insomnia patients had overall lower consistency in chronotypes compared to good sleepers on the MCTQ compared to the MEQ, which was also evident when compared to sleep diaries. As insomnia disorder is characterized by time gaps spent awake during the night due to difficulty maintaining sleep, there may be limitations in using mid-sleep time as an accurate indicator of chronotype in insomnia patients. Our study suggests that the MCTQ should be used in conjunction with another existing questionnaire or assessment tool when assessing chronotype in insomnia patients.http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2017-00115.pdfInsomniaSleep disorderChronotypeCircadian rhythm |
| spellingShingle | Sooyeon Suh Hyera Ryu Soohyun Kim Sujung Choi Eun Yeon Joo Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms Sleep Medicine Research Insomnia Sleep disorder Chronotype Circadian rhythm |
| title | Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms |
| title_full | Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms |
| title_fullStr | Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms |
| title_short | Using Mid-Sleep Time to Determine Chronotype in Young Adults with Insomnia-Related Symptoms |
| title_sort | using mid sleep time to determine chronotype in young adults with insomnia related symptoms |
| topic | Insomnia Sleep disorder Chronotype Circadian rhythm |
| url | http://www.sleepmedres.org/upload/pdf/smr-2017-00115.pdf |
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