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Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

 
Distributed by MAPI Research Trust
 

Author(s)

Buysse Daniel J; Berman Susan R; Kupfer David J; Monk Timothy H; Reynolds Charles F

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Nervous system diseases

Pathological conditions signs and symptoms

  • Disease:

Sleep disorders (includes apnea)

  • Objective:

- To provide a reliable, valid, and standardized measure of sleep quality
- To discriminate between "good" and "poor" sleepers
- To provide an index that is easy for subjects to use and for clinicians and researchers to interpret
- To provide a brief, clinically useful assessment of a variety of sleep disturbances that might affect sleep quality

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

Caregivers

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Signs and symptoms

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

19+ 5 items reported by the bed partner or room mate for clinical use only

  • Recall/Observation period:

The past month

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

PSQI

Afrikaans for South Africa* Finnish for Finland* Latvian for Latvia* Russian for Ukraine*
Arabic French for Belgium* Lithuanian for Lithuania* Slovak*
Bulgarian for Bulgaria* French for Canada* Malay* Spanish for Argentina*
Cebuano* French for France* Mandarin for China* Spanish for Chile*
Czech* German for Germany* Mandarin for Malaysia* Spanish for Mexico*
Danish for Denmark* Greek* Marathi for India* Spanish for Spain*
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* Hebrew Norwegian for Norway* Spanish for the USA*
English for Australia* Hindi for India* Polish for Poland* Swedish for Finland*
English for Canada* Hungarian* Portuguese for Brazil* Swedish for Sweden*
English for South Africa* Indonesian* Portuguese for Portugal* Turkish for Turkey
English for the Philippines* Italian for Italy* Romanian* Ukrainian for Ukraine*
English for the UK* Japanese for Japan Russian for Estonia* Zulu*
Estonian for Estonia* Kannada for India* Russian for Lithuania*
Filipino* Korean for Korea* Russian for Russia*

* Performed by Mapi

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Buysse DJ, Reynolds CF 3rd, Monk TH, Berman SR, Kupfer DJ. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: a new instrument for psychiatric practice and research. Psychiatry Res. 1989 May;28(2):193-213

Last update: January 2013

Last update in collaboration with the author: July 2010