Abstract
Objectives
The goal of this project was to provisionally identify the basic elements of sleep
satisfaction within the general population.
Methods
The National Sleep Foundation conducted a systematic literature review and identified
495 published articles evaluating potential indicators of sleep satisfaction. The
National Sleep Foundation then convened an expert panel (“Panel”), provided full-text
articles and summaries, and used a modified RAND appropriateness method with three
total rounds of voting to determine the appropriateness of indicators for sleep satisfaction.
Results
The literature review revealed no tools or measures of sleep satisfaction (not dissatisfaction)
applied to the general population and directly associated with good health. Nonetheless,
a variety of sleep factors were extracted from the extant sleep research literature.
Panel members voted on these indicators: sleep environmental factors; and sleep initiation
and maintenance parameters. Using these indicators, the Panel constructed provisional
questions for measuring sleep satisfaction.
Conclusions
The Panel determined that appropriate sleep satisfaction elements include how an individual
feels (a) about their sleep, (b) immediately after their sleep, and (c) during the
subsequent day. Additionally, appropriate environmental elements include (a) bedding
comfort, (b) bedroom temperature, and (c) noise and light in the bedroom. How one
feels with (a) the time it takes to fall asleep, (b) the ease with which one falls
back to sleep after awakening during a sleep period, (c) the amount of sleep on weekdays
and weekends, as well as how undisturbed one's sleep is also were determined to be
appropriate contributors to sleep satisfaction. Finally, the Panel agreed that whether
an individual desired to change anything about their sleep, is a relevant question.
Keywords
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Published online: December 17, 2017
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