Residual Effects of Sleep Medications Are Commonly Reported and Associated with Impaired Patient-Reported Outcomes among Insomnia Patients in the United States
Table 5
Sleep-related trouble according to the presence of residual symptoms in respondents 65 years and older.
Residual symptoms
value
None ()
One or more ()
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Nights out of 7 with trouble falling asleep
4.6
2.5
5.2
2.1
0.059
Nights out of 7 with trouble staying asleep
5.4
2.2
5.4
2.2
0.822
Number of days out of 7 wake up before alarm
4.6
2.7
4.3
2.7
0.461
Number of days out of 7 wake up tired/unrested
3.7
2.7
4.9
2.4
0.001
Nights out of 7 with problem
5.9
1.6
5.8
1.8
0.651
Sleep problems interfere with home management
2.7
2.8
4.6
2.8
<0.001
Sleep problems interfere with ability to work
1.7
2.5
3.0
3.0
0.001
Sleep problems interfere with social relationships
2.6
3.0
3.9
2.8
0.001
Sleep problems interfere with close relationships
2.5
3.1
3.5
2.9
0.010
Note: indicates Welch’s test was used in lieu of parametric -test due to nonhomogeneity of variance.
