Research Article

Sleep Characteristics, Sleep Problems, and Associations to Quality of Life among Psychotherapists

Table 2

Prevalence of insomnia symptoms among psychotherapists.

ItemMSDPercentage highly rated symptoms

(1) Difficulties falling asleep.51.874.2
(2) Interruption and disturbance1.011.1714.4
(3) Waking up many times.921.1012.7
(4) Waking up early.751.059.4
(5) Feelings of depression at bedtime.41.793.4
(6) Bad thoughts before falling asleep.37.656.2
(7) Tired when waking up1.661.1926.6
(8) Waking up in a bad mood.52.874.5
(9) Becoming tense when waking up.65.895.2
(10) Interrupted sleep is annoying.63.987.8
(11) Interrupted sleep affects relationships.33.732.9
(12) Interrupted sleep affects work performance.62.843.4

Note. All items from ASI. Percentage of response options 3 and 4 (i.e., “often” and “very often”).