Table 2 General description of the sleep problem [SOS part 1 (overview) & 2 (sleep habits)]
From: Self-reported sleep disturbances in renal transplant recipients
General sleep problem | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Having an actual problem with sleep or wakefulness | 179 | 69.1 |
Main sleep problem | ||
Difficulty falling asleep | 83 | 32.1 |
Difficulty staying asleep | 128 | 49.4 |
Awakening early and being unable to fall back asleep | 76 | 29.3 |
Excessive long sleep at night | 21 | 8.1 |
Unusual behavior or experiences during sleep (e.g., nightmares, sleepwalking) | 30 | 11.6 |
Excessive sleepiness during waking hours | 66 | 25.5 |
Other problems | 34 | 13.1 |
Judgment of the sleep problem | ||
Intense severity of the sleep problem (or problems) | 67 | 26.9 |
Intense amount of interference with ability to function at home, at work, and with other people | 48 | 19.3 |
Fairly intense sleepiness before bedtime | 127 | 51.0 |
Better sleep outside compared to the sleep at home | 11 | 4.4 |
Having regular sleep times | 192 | 74.1 |
Times related to sleep | Mean | Std |
Bedtime during the week | 22.6 | 0.9 |
Bedtime at weekends | 23.2 | 1.3 |
Time of lights off during the week | 22.9 | 1.1 |
Sleep latency | 28.1 | 19.3 |
Frequencies of sleep interruptions | 2.8 | 1.8 |
Sleep latency after interruptions | 21.9 | 16.4 |
Wakeup time during the week | 6.5 | 1.2 |
Sleep duration | 6.4 | 1.5 |
Get up time during the week | 6.9 | 1.1 |
Get up time at weekends | 8.0 | 1.1 |
Frequency | Percentage | |
How long having sleep problem | ||
Between 6 months and 2 years | 74 | 29.7 |
Between 2 and 5 years | 60 | 24.1 |
>5 years | 93 | 37.3 |
Course of the problem | ||
Becoming worse | 15 | 6.0 |
Same | 112 | 45.0 |
Improving | 17 | 6.8 |
Irregular | 79 | 31.7 |
Recurring regularly | 8 | 3.2 |
Frequency | ||
Every day/night | 109 | 43.8 |
Sometimes in a week | 24 | 9.6 |
Sometimes in a month | 31 | 12.4 |