Refreshing Sleep and Sleep Continuity Determine Perceived Sleep Quality
Table 2
Rank order of good and poor sleep quality categories in Study 1: percentages based on the number of participants who had at least one response in the category.
Rank
Good sleep quality
Poor sleep quality
Insomnia
OSA
Control
Total
Night versus day
Insomnia
OSA
Control
Total
Night versus day
1
Refreshed in morning
55%
41%
51%
50%
Day
Frequent awakenings
45%
22%
44%
40%
Night
2
Infrequent awakenings
41%
26%
31%
35%
Night
Not refreshed in morning
35%
37%
42%
39%
Day
3
Lots of energy
33%
44%
31%
35%
Day
Tired
43%
37%
36%
39%
Day
4
Good mood
27%
15%
22%
22%
Day
Bad mood
29%
26%
16%
23%
Day
5
Good daytime functioning
20%
11%
16%
17%
Day
Headache in morning
25%
15%
13%
18%
Day
6
Clear headed
10%
0%
11%
8%
Day
Inadequate TST
16%
7%
16%
14%
Night
7
Enough TST
4%
7%
11%
7%
Night
Poor daytime functioning
16%
11%
11%
13%
Day
8
Deep sleep
8%
4%
7%
7%
Night
Sleepy
16%
11%
9%
12%
Day
9
Good dreams
4%
7%
7%
6%
Night
Light sleep
16%
7%
9%
12%
Night
12
Good concentration
6%
4%
4%
5%
Day
Poor concentration
14%
4%
11%
11%
Day
21
Short SOL
6%
7%
0%
4%
Night
Aches and pains
10%
11%
9%
10%
Day
10
No aches and pains
4%
0%
2%
3%
Day
Waking too early
12%
0%
11%
9%
Night
11
Waking early
2%
0%
4%
3%
Night
Groggy
10%
0%
11%
8%
Day
13
Not sleepy
4%
7%
0%
3%
Day
Long SOL
10%
4%
9%
8%
Night
18
No headache in morning
4%
4%
0%
3%
Day
Disturbing thoughts
12%
7%
4%
8%
Day
15
Good memory
2%
0%
2%
2%
Day
Lots of tossing and turning
4%
0%
9%
5%
Night
17
Pleasant thoughts
2%
0%
2%
2%
Day
Bad dreams
2%
4%
9%
5%
Night
14
No dark circles under eyes
0%
0%
2%
1%
Day
Poor memory
2%
11%
2%
4%
Day
16
No tossing and turning
0%
0%
2%
1%
Night
Body too warm
6%
0%
0%
3%
Night
19
Body warm
0%
0%
0%
0%
Night
Dark circles under eyes
2%
0%
2%
2%
Day
20
No clock watching
0%
0%
0%
0%
Night
Clock watching
0%
0%
4%
2%
Night
Note. Bold font items were endorsed by over 20% of participants and are the top 4 categories for all three groups.
