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Quality of life and insomnia validation study for a specifically designed questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

B Jambon
Affiliation:
MAPI, Lyon, France
M Le Gal
Affiliation:
MAPI, Lyon, France
C Pilate*
Affiliation:
Rhône Poulenc Rorer, 20, avenue Raymond-Aron, 92165Antony Cedex, France
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

A questionnaire was devised to assess changes in the quality of life of insomniac patients when treated by a hypnotic. The questionnaire was validated in two groups of patients (60 non-insomniac and 52 insomniac patients). The results of this study confirmed the relevance of the questionnaire and its power to distinguish between the two groups of patients. A second study carried out simultaneously in 58 insomniac patients receiving treatment showed the internal reliability of the questionnaire and its reproducibility after 3 to 5 days.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1995

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